The late Victorian folksong revival
Subtitle: the persistence of English melody, 1878-1903
By: E. David Gregory.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780810869882; 9780810869899
Subjects: Folk songs, English -- England -- History and criticism; Ballads, English -- England -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Concepts and legacies. The concept of folksong ; Legacies from the past; title: The rediscovery of melody, 1878-1889. Prelude : England in the 1880s ; Stirrings in the north ; Village singers and gypsies ; Songs of the sea ; Western pioneer : Sabine Baring-Gould ; Northern pioneer : Frank Kidson; title: The growth of a movement, 1890-1903. Interlude : England in the 1890s ; Birth of a movement, 1890-92 ; Lucy Broadwood and English county songs ; The revival of national song ; Sabine Baring-Gould in the 1890s ; Frank Kidson in the 1890s ; National song as minstrelsy ; Birth of the folk-song society ; Epilogue and conclusions.