1st Edition
Village Song & Culture A Study Based on the Blunt Collection of Song from Adderbury North Oxfordshire
By Michael Pickering
Copyright 1982
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1982. The songs on which this study is based were once vibrant in the throats and ears and minds of living people. This book examines the songs and their meanings in relation to the lives of those people, and relates them to the cultural tradition and practice of which they were an integral part. The art of village song represents a sense of cohesiveness and mutual... Read more
Introduction 1. Singing on the Rounds 2. Song and Social Assembly 3. The Flowing Bowl 4. With Jockey to the Fair 5. Three Women 6. Song and Singing Tradition
Biography
Michael Pickering
