FolkSonginEngland

Folk Song in England STEVE ROUD With music chapters by Julia Bishop For Jacqueline and Stephanie – my favourite grandchildren Contents Title Page Dedication INTRODUCTION: ONLY FOOLS AND FIDDLERS Introduction 1 Is There Such a Thing as Folk Song, Anyway? Definitions and Discussions PART ONE: CHARTING THE HISTORY OF FOLK-SONG STUDY Introduction 2 Our History 1: Hunters and Gatherers Song Editors and Pioneer Collectors before 1898 3 Our History 2: Bringing in the Harvest Folk-Song Collectors and Editors after 1898 4 Our History 3: Tuning a Song Collecting the Music (by Julia Bishop) PART TWO: FOLK SONG IN THE WIDER MUSICAL WORLD Introduction 5 Ungodly Ballad-Singers and Unprofitable Fiddlers The Sixteenth Century 6 Milkmaids All in a Row The Seventeenth Century 7 Where Is Our Folk Song Hiding? Folk Song in the Eighteenth Century 8 Nymphs and Shepherds in the Garden Other Eighteenth-Century Musics 9 A Nest of Singing Birds? Folk Song in the Nineteenth Century 10 Penny Gaffs, Music Halls and Parlours Other Nineteenth-Century Musics 11 Tradition in Terminal Decline Folk Song in the First Half of the Twentieth Cent......