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The Penguin Classics New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs UK ed. Edition
Author(s): Steve Roud (Author), Julia Bishop (Author)
- Publisher: Penguin Classic
- Publication Date: April 1, 2014
- Edition: UK ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 608 pages
- ISBN-10: 0141194626
- ISBN-13: 9780141194622
Book Description
The definitive collection of folk music - one of the great English popular art forms One 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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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.
