The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs
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The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs

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The definitive collection of folk music – one of the great English popular art formsOne of the great English popular art forms, the folk song can be painful, satirical, erotic, dramatic, rueful or funny. This magical new collection brings together all the classic folk songs as well as many lesser-known discoveries, complete with music and annotations on their original sources and meaning. Published in cooperation with the English Folk Dance and Song Society, it is a worthy successor to Ralph Vaughan Williams and A. L. Lloyd’s original Penguin Book of English Folk Songs.

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Weight 0.413 kg
Dimensions 2.6 × 13 × 19.8 cm
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Pages

608
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Year Published

2014-2-6
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0141194626
About The Author

Steve Roud is the Founder of the Roud Folk Song Index and the author of a number of major works on English folkways and customs, including The English Year. Julia Bishop has a PhD in folksong and is Chief Editor of the forthcoming edition of the James Madison Carpenter Folksong Collection.

Refreshing … beautiful … academic but lively … the book offers the experience of immersion into the strange, romantic and occasionally frightening world these songs were, and are, a part of … A triumphant addition to the English folk canon, both as a source of reference and as an endlessly enjoyable collection to dip into
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The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs couldn't be better timed … an utterly indispensable collection of music for murder, wooing and wanton abandon

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