1st Edition

Hispanic Balladry Today

Edited By Ruth H. Webber Copyright 1989
342 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1989. The ballad or romance , as it is commonly called, has played a vital role over the centuries in Hispanic culture as an orally transmitted narrative song. It is characteristically the product of people who have had to look to themselves for entertainment. From the end of the fifteenth to the early seventeenth century, the romancero (balladry) enjoyed a great vogue among... Read more
The Artisan Poetry of the Romancero, Survival of the Traditional Romancero : Field Work, Migratory Shepherds and Ballad Diffusion, In Defense of Romancero Geography, Hunting for Rare Romances in the Canary Islands, Collecting Portuguese Ballads, The Living Ballad in Brazil: Two Performances, The Traditional Romancero in Mexico: Panorama, The Judeo-Spanish Ballad Tradition, The Structure and Changing Functions of Oral Traditions

Biography

Ruth H. Webber