Popular Ballads And Songs From Tradition, Manuscripts And Scarce Editions With Translations Of Similar Pieces From The Ancient Danish Language
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 792
ISBN-13: 9780766189379
Subjects: Folk music; Music/Songbooks; Music; Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional
First sentence: IT having been one of the chief purposes of the compiler, in making the following collection, to throw as much light as possible upon the state of traditionary Ballad Poetry in this country, both in former times and at present ; he has thought it advisable to admit into his miscellany several pieces that have little to recommend them, any farther than as, by contributing towards the illustration of this subject, they may be objects of interest to the curious antiquary, and the philosophical inquirer into the history of men and manners.