Author: James Henry DixonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England
Author: James Henry DixonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Scottish Traditional Versions of Ancient Ballads
Author: James Henry DixonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland
Author: Peter BuchanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Ancient Ballads Traditionally Sung in New England, Volume 4
Author: Helen Hartness FlandersPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512801720
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Ballads offer one of the most fascinating and revealing records of humankind—our deepest feelings and most profound experiences, our laughter and joys, our troubles and sorrows. There is no battle, no romance, no escapade, no tragedy recorded in song which is not rich both in historical significance and in contemporary experience. A ballad is a link with past generations, traditions, and the basic character traits of a people, a region, or a country. The associations formed, the recollections stirred make the study of this form of music a rewarding experience. The first printed collection of ballads was made in 1723-25 and entitled simply Old Ballads. That it met with warm approval is indicated by the fact that a third edition was published as soon as 1727. Since the publication of that first collection, interest in the ballad and demand for ballad texts have grown constantly. During the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, several hundred collections were published. Many of these collections have become classics in the field of balladry. With the publication of this fourth and final volume of the Ancient Ballads series, the Helen Hartness Flanders Collection took its place with the other classics in the field. Volume IV contains child ballads 250-295 with thirty-six versions of "The Sweet Trinity," or "The Golden Vanity," alone. This is representative of the completeness of the series and reflects the years of scholarship that went into the collecting, interviewing, scoring, and editing of the collection. With analyses by Tristram P. Coffin and musical annotations by Bruno Netti, Helen Hartness Flanders's work constitutes an invaluable source for the student of the ballad, as well as those interested in the related studies of musicology, literature, history, social sciences, and ethnology. Ancient Ballads Traditionally Sung in New England provides endless opportunity for both scholarly study and sheer fascination.
Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
Author: Toru DuttPublisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513212044
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan (1882) is a collection of poems by Toru Dutt. Compiled after her death and published in London, Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan is an invaluable work of art from a pioneering figure in Indian history and Bengali literature. Born in Calcutta to a family of Bengali Christians, Toru Dutt was raised at the crossroads of English and Indian cultures. In addition to her native Bengali, she became fluent in English, French, and Sanskrit as a young girl, eventually writing novels and poems in each language. Despite her limited body of work, Dutt’s legacy as a groundbreaking writer remains firm in India and around the world. “Savitri was the only child / Of Madra's wise and mighty king; / Stern warriors, when they saw her, smiled, / As mountains smile to see the spring.” In rhyming English verse, Bengali poet Toru Dutt presents some of the oldest and most sacred stories from ancient India. Translated from Sanskrit into the popular ballad form, Dutt introduces an English audience to the story of Savitri, originally from the epic Mahabharata, as well as the tale of Lakshman, which comes from the Hindu epic Ramayana. Alongside these poems appear Dutt’s versions of Bengali folklore—“Joghadhya Uma”—and poems written during her stay in Europe. “Near Hastings” is a particularly beautiful example of her original verse depicting an otherworldly encounter along the English seacoast: “Near Hastings, on the shingle-beach, / We loitered at the time / When ripens on the wall the peach, / The autumn's lovely prime.” With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Toru Dutt’s Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan is a classic work of Bengali literature reimagined for modern readers.
Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland, Hitherto Unpublished. With Explanatory Notes by Peter Buchan ... Vol.1 [-2]
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Author: Ancient Ballads; Selected from Percy's Collection ... By a Lady
Author: Thomas PercyAncient Ballads: selected from Percy's Collection; with explanatory notes, ... for the use of young persons. By a Lady. With plates
Author: Thomas PercyAncient Ballads from the Civil Wars of Granada, and the Twelve Peers of France
Author: Thomas RoddPublisher:
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Category : Ballads, Spanish
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland
Author: Peter BuchanPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385217490
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.