The remunerated vernacular singer
Subtitle: from medieval England to the post-war revival
By: Andrew C. Rouse
Series: European university studies. Series XIV, Anglo-Saxon language and literature ;; vol. 415 =; Europäische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XIV, Angelsächsische Sprache und Literatur ; Bd. 415 =; Publications Universitaires Européennes. Série XIV, Langue et littérature anglo-saxonnes ; vol. 415; Europäische Hochschulschriften.; Bd. 415.
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Folk singers -- England -- History.; Minstrels -- England -- History.; Folk music -- England -- Social aspects.; Folk songs, English -- England -- History and criticism.; England -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and discography.
Originally presented as the author's thesis.
Table of contents: title: An embarkation; title: "I saw her through a whummil bore" : soap-box operas of the Middle Ages?; title: From minstrel to ballad-singer : social change and the vernacular singer in the sixteenth century; title: William Hogarth and the street singer of the 18th century; title: Maritime and military matters; title: The factory lass, the serving maid, and the farm labourer; title: The remains of the revival : post-war English vernacular singers and their politics.