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English Folk-Song some conclusions

English Folk-Song some conclusions

J. Sharp, Cecil

Paperback

Music CompositionBritish HistoryMusic Reference

ISBN10: 9353703948
ISBN13: 9789353703943
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.35 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Before the folk song was fashionable, Cecil J. Sharp listened hard. Notes on paper became evidence. In English Folk-Song: Some Conclusions, the leading voice of the early 1900s folk revival sets out a lucid, passionate case for how english traditional music travels, changes, and survives. These brisk musicology essays blend field experience with folk music criticism, weighing the origins of folk songs, the shaping force of community memory, and the pull of place and dance. Sharp draws attention to modal melody traditions and to what shifts when a tune is sung rather than written, offering careful ballad variants analysis that sits alongside, and sometimes challenges, child ballads scholarship. He probes how text and melody interlock, how a singer's choices reshape a line, and why the printed page can mislead the ear. For music students it reads as a clear primer in listening; and as an ethnomusicology reference book it remains a research guide for scholars tracing folk song collecting history. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Written when collectors feared songs would vanish, it captures a pivotal moment in British cultural history and in the making of modern folklore studies. Sharp's arguments still echo in classrooms, sessions, and archives, making this a vital bridge between scholarship and the living sound of tradition across Britain and beyond. A compelling read for curious listeners, and a foundational volume for serious collectors.

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