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The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, Volume 1
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Bertrand Harris Bronson
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English
Published/Copyright:
2015
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This is the musical counterpart to the famous Francis James Child collection of English and Scottish ballads from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Professor Child's canon established the texts; Professor Bronson’s work provides both tunes and texts.
Originally published in 1959.
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Contents
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Introduction
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Acknowledgments
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1. Riddles Wisely Expounded
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2. The Elfin Knight
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3. The Fause Knight upon the Road
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4. Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
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5. Gil Brenton
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6. Willie's Lady
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7. Earl Brand
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7. Appendix. The Lady and the Dragoon
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9. The Fair Flower of Northumberland
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10. The Two Sisters
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11. The Cruel Brother
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12. Lord Randal
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12. Appendix. Billie Boy
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13. Edward
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14. Babylon
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16. Sheath and Knife
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17. Hind Horn
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18. Sir Lionel
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19. King Orfeo
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20. The Cruel Mother
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22. St. Stephen and Herod
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24. Bonnie Annie
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25. Willie's Lyke-Wake
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26. The Three Ravens
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27. The Whummil Bore
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31. Appendix. The Marriage of Sir Gawain
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32. King Henry
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34. Kempion
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37. Thomas Rymer
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38. The Wee Wee Man
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39. Tam Lin
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40. The Queen of Elfan's Nourice
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41. Hind Etin
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42. Clerk Colvill
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43. The Broomfield Hill
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44. The Twa Magicians
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45. King John and the Bishop
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46. Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
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46. Appendix. Riddle Song
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47. Proud Lady Margaret
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49. The Two Brothers
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51. Lizie Wan
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52. The King's Dochter Lady Jean
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53. Young Beichan
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August 22, 2016
eBook ISBN:
9781400879366
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Keywords for this book
Refrain; Shirt; Stanza; Pretty Polly (ballad); Bateman's; Scarborough Fair (ballad); Child Ballads; Helen Hartness Flanders; Ballad; Nursery rhyme; I Wish (manhwa); Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight; Thomas the Rhymer; The Riddle Song; King John and the Bishop; The Beggar's Opera; The Twa Sisters; Fitzwilliam Virginal Book; Mrs.; Ballad opera; My Father; King's Daughters; Golden Hair (fairy tale); Singing; Quatrain; Elinor Wylie; Cumulative song; G. (novel); Romanticism; Minstrel; Music of Scotland; Cecil Sharp; Young Beichan; Fair Maid; Tune-family; American Folklore Society; The Other Song; The Three Ravens; Petticoat; Lottie; The Other Hand; Seventh Son (novel); Bree (Middle-earth); Queen Jane (musician); Lamkin; Lord Randall; Percy Grainger; The Two Brothers; Ralph Vaughan Williams; Two Little Boys; Randall Thompson; The Twa Magicians; Burl Ives; Cold Iron (poem); First Knight; Teind; The Elfin Knight; Gregorian chant; My Boy; First appearance; Ibid (short story); Mr.; Fare Thee Well (poem); Termagant; In the Woods; Thomas Ravenscroft; Dower; The Cruel Mother; Sweet William's Ghost; John Playford
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
