Desire, drink and death in English folk and vernacular song, 1600-1900
By: by Vic Gammon.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754660941
Subjects: Folk songs, English -- England -- History and criticism; Sex in music; Drinking songs -- England -- History and criticism; Death in music; England -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Song, sex, and society in England, 1600-1850; title: Such a merry tune : music, musical instruments, and dance as sexual symbols; title: Echoes of the siren : music, charm, and seduction in British traditional songs and ballads; title: Nothing like drinking : English vernacular song and strong drink; title: Singing and popular funeral practices in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; title: Child death in British and North American ballads; title: Song, experience, and authenticity.