Traditional and folk music Books
Faber & Faber The Banshees of Inisherin
Book SynopsisThe screenplay of the latest macabre and haunting comedy from the writer of In Bruges and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.Winner: Best Screenplay, BAFTAs 2023Winner: Best Screenplay, Golden Globe Awards 2023.Winner: Best Screenplay, Venice Film Festival 2022.What is he, twelve? Why doesn''t he want to be friends with you no more?1923. As shots ring out from the warring mainland, on the island of Inisherin it''s the rift between old drinking pals Pádraic and Colm that leads both men to ever more alarming action.''Simply perfect . . . a bleakly funny yet often unutterably poignant drama that consistently recalls the best of Beckett. . . . It is proper art.'' The Times''Quietly magnificent.'' Variety
£10.44
Faber & Faber Woody Guthrie A Life
Book Synopsis ''A really great book.'' Bruce SpringsteenWith a foreword by Billy Bragg.The classic biography of the hugely influential American folk singer who inspired a generation of songwriters, including Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan.Few artists have captured the American experience of their time as wholly as folk legend Woody Guthrie. Singer, songwriter and political activist, Guthrie drew a lifetime of inspiration from his roots on the Oklahoma frontier in the years before the Great Depression. His music -- scathingly funny songs and poignant folk ballads -- made heard the unsung life of field hands, migrant workers, and union organisers, and showed it worthy of tribute. Though his career was tragically cut short by the onset of a degenerative disease that ravaged his mind and body, the legacy of his life and music had already made him an American cultural icon, and has resounded with every generation of musician and music lover
£13.49
Faber Music Ltd Spirituals of the Deep South Faber Edition
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£10.44
Faber Music Ltd Folksongs from the Wild West
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsWorried Man Blues; Red River Valley/The Colorado Trail; Clementine
£5.73
Faber Music Ltd Christmas Quartetstart Level 1
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is a set of eight of our best-loved Christmas carols, delightfully arranged. It is full of helpful tips such as warning, 'arco next' and 'pizz next' during rests, or to count carefully, over a tied note. Bars rests are counted out in the approved manner (one234/two234 etc). There are plenty of opportunities for audience participation with stamping of boots asked for, and shouting 'what do you want!' and 'go away!' in We Wish you a Merry Christmas. The mood of each carol is set with a sentence to be read and discussed, and there are many effects asked for ponticello playing (to make an icy-sound), harmonics, col legno, strumming, and opportunities to improvise (howling wind). Where a lead is needed from a player, it is specified, and the other parts marked 'look for a new lead'. The content is divided equally between the players. The parts are very clearly printed, with bar numbers, no fingering, and only essential bowing. This music is highly imaginative, and a very exciting start for young chamber music ethusiasts. If you have young pupils, this is a music for their school Christmas Concert, and to play on Christmas Day at home! European String Teachers Association, Winter 1999Table of ContentsOnce in royal David’s city; Good King Wenceslas; Away in a Manger; The Holly and the Ivy; Silent Night; O come, all ye faithful; Jingle Bells; We wish you a merry Christmas
£18.39
Faber Music Ltd Songs Of Scotland
Book SynopsisA selection of 23 folk and traditional songs of Scotland arranged for voice with piano accompaniment, with guitar boxes.Table of ContentsAfton Water; Annie Laurie; Auld Lang Syne; The Blue Bells Of Scotland; The Bonnie Brier Bush; Bonnie Dundee; Bring Back My Bonnie To Me; Charlie Is My Darling; Dance To Your Daddie; Green Grow The Rashes O’; The Gypsy Rover; The Hundred Pipers; Leezie Lindsay; Loch Lomond; March Of The Cameron Men; My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose; My Love, She’s But A Lassie Yet; The Piper O’ Dundee; Scotland The Brave; Skye Boat Song; The Star O’ Robbie Burns; Will Ye No Come Back Again?; Ye Banks And Braes
£14.39
Faber Music Ltd Freedom Fields
Book SynopsisAn album that contains an array of songs inspired by the West Country and explores the turmoil of conflict, war and freedom. It features songs that are about the area's naval traditions.Table of ContentsLady Of The Sea; Setting Of The Sun; The White Hare; The Colliers; King & Country; Childe The Hunter; Take No Rogues; 1643; Riflemen Of War; The Charmer; The Final Lot; The Band of Gold; Send Yourself Away
£20.79
Faber Music Ltd The Faber Music Christmas Piano Anthology
Book SynopsisThe Faber Music Christmas Piano Anthology is an essential collection of the greatest Christmas songs and carols, specially arranged for solo piano, for the intermediate pianist.Trade Review"I have recommended it to six of my students in the three days since the review copy arrived, which is unprecedented. And I anticipate that many more of my students will be enjoying this book in their lessons, home playing, and at my regular adult piano club for years to come. What impresses most of all is that all of the arrangements are both pianistic and genuinely musical. As such, and given the scope and scale of the book, The Faber Music Christmas Piano Anthology is not only a stunning success, but fills a unique spot on the music shelf. This is a book which has significantly raised the bar, instantly establishing itself as the new “must-have” Christmas music book. I predict it will sell like hot cakes (or artisan mince pies?) and it certainly deserves to – it’s absolutely brilliant! Outstanding." Andrew Eales, pianodao.com, October 2018 "Overall, it is very well-presented, and the music clearly laid out and typeset. I would suggest that the majority of the pieces in this volume will suit pianists at Grade 4 and above, and with such a wealth of material included, this book will last pianists for many years to come. Faber are quite right to describe it as ‘timeless’. It is excellent value for money, and a must-have for pianists this Christmas." David Barton, davidbartonmusic.co.uk, November 2018Table of ContentsA Holly Jolly Christmas; A Marshmallow World; A Winter’s Tale; All I Want For Christmas Is You; All Through The Night; Auld Lang Syne; Away In A Manger; Bethlehem Down; Carol Of The Bells; Coventry Carol; December Prayer; December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas); Deck The Halls; Ding Dong Merrily On High; Do They Know It’s Christmas?; (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag; Frosty The Snowman; God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah); Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas; Holy, Holy, Holy; I Am Blessed ; I Saw Three Ships; I’ll Be Home For Christmas; I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm; In The Bleak Midwinter; It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas ; It’s Christmas Time All Over The World; Jingle Bell Rock; Jingle Bells; Joy To The World; Last Christmas; Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!; Little Donkey; Merry Xmas Everybody; Mistletoe And Wine; O Christmas Tree; O Come O Come Emmanuel; O Come, All Ye Faithful; O Holy Night; O Little Town Of Bethlehem; Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree; Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer; Santa Baby; Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town; Silent Night; Sinfonia (from Christmas Oratorio); Sleigh Ride; Stop The Cavalry; The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You); The First Noel ; The Holly And The Ivy; The Little Drummer Boy; The Power Of Love; The Star; Troika from ‘Lieutenant Kije’; We Three Kings; We Wish You A Merry Christmas; Weihnachtsbaum: Die Hirten an der Krippe (In Dulci Jubilo); What A Wonderful World; What Child Is This?; When A Child Is Born; While Shepherds Watched; Winter (from The Four Seasons); Winter Wonderland
£19.80
Faber Music Ltd Language of Folk 1 Elementary to Intermediate
Book SynopsisThe Language of Folk: Initial to Grade 4 offers a wealth of folk repertoire from around the British Isles and further afield, carefully selected and arranged to develop the key skills and vocal styles integral to folk song. Produced in association with The Sage Gateshead and its nationally renowned folk music programme.Trade ReviewIt is good that the introduction and notes recognise some inherent difficulties in notating folk songs, unaccompanied singing, ornamentation, embellishment of the vocal line and the importance of speech rhythms and respect for dialect words in making credible performances. The book tweaks the terms most frequently used in classical music for ornaments, using ‘flick’ for ‘mordent’ and ‘roll’ for ‘turn’ for example and this is refreshing. English Dance & Song Magazine, Autumn 2013 For those like me who come from a very ‘classical’ background, these books are an excellent eye-opener in to the vibrant world of the folk-singer. …..thanks are due to Kathryn Davidson and the Sage for devising the learning programme that has given rise to such inspiring and enlightening books. In my opinion they should definitely be in the library of every singing teacher. And not just to provide new repertoire for the ABRSM folk-song requirements! Singing Magazine (AOTOS), Spring 2013Table of ContentsUnaccompanied: Three Jolly Fishermen; Chiall Mo Lámh A Lùths (My Hand Has Lost Its Power); Ally Bally Bee (Coulter’s Candy); Nelson’s Blood (Roll The Old Chariot Along); My Bonny Lad; The Handloom Weaver’s Lament; Banks Of The Nile; Mow Me Down My Meadow; The Great Silkie; The Four Loom Weaver. Accompanied: The Big Ship Sails; I’m Bound Away; Hey Diddle, Diddle; Johnnie’s Lost His Marble; Hard Times Of Old England; Awake, Awake; The Hills Of Donegal; The Blacksmith; So Here’s To You; Daleman’s Litany
£12.75
Faber Music Ltd Language of Folk 2 Intermediate to Advanced
Book SynopsisThe Language of Folk: Grades 5 to 8 offers a wealth of folk repertoire from around the British Isles and further afield, carefully selected and arranged to develop the key skills and vocal styles integral to folk song. Produced in association with The Sage Gateshead and its nationally renowned folk music programme.Trade ReviewIt is good that the introduction and notes recognise some inherent difficulties in notating folk songs, unaccompanied singing, ornamentation, embellishment of the vocal line and the importance of speech rhythms and respect for dialect words in making credible performances. The book tweaks the terms most frequently used in classical music for ornaments, using ‘flick’ for ‘mordent’ and ‘roll’ for ‘turn’ for example and this is refreshing. English Dance & Song Magazine, Autumn 2013 For those like me who come from a very ‘classical’ background, these books are an excellent eye-opener in to the vibrant world of the folk-singer. …..thanks are due to Kathryn Davidson and the Sage for devising the learning programme that has given rise to such inspiring and enlightening books. In my opinion they should definitely be in the library of every singing teacher. And not just to provide new repertoire for the ABRSM folk-song requirements! Singing Magazine (AOTOS), Spring 2013Table of ContentsSir Eglamore; The Pit Boys; The Wee Weaver; Maid On The Shore; Dance To Your Daddy; T Stands For Thomas; Sair Fyel’d Hinny (Sorely Failed, Honey); Ho, Ho, Bonny Lass; Accompanied; Ye Mar’ners All; The Three Ravens ; Thirty Foot Trailer; The Cruel Mother; Bonny At Morn: Seven Yellow Gypsies; Elsie Marley; The Rosebud In June
£10.99
Faber Music Ltd Lang Lang Piano Book
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPrelude in C major (J.S. Bach); Bagatelle in A minor, “Für Elise” (Beethoven); The Departure (Richter); Spinning Song (Mendelssohn); Clair de lune (Debussy); Prelude in D flat major, “Raindrop” (Chopin); Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Debussy); Allegro from “Sonata facile” (Mozart); Andante from Sonatina in C major (Clementi); Presto from The School of Velocity (Czerny); La Valse d’Amélie (Tiersen); Moment musical in F minor (Schubert); To Spring (An den Frühling) (Grieg); Rêverie (Debussy); Staccato from Villageoises (Poulenc); The Merry Shepherd Boy (Hu- Wei Huang); Wilder Reiter (The Wild Horseman) (Schumann); The Maiden’s Prayer (Badarzewska-Baranowska); Minuet in G major (J.S. Bach attrib. Petzold); Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Sakamoto); Jasmine Flower (Chinese Traditional); Variations on “Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman” (Mozart); Arirang (Korean Traditional); Eliza Aria (Kats- Chernin); Limu, limu, lima (Swedish Traditional); Danza de la moza donosa (Ginastera); Nimrod from Enigma Variations (Elgar); Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin); The Chop Waltz “Chopsticks” (De Lulli); Lang Lang’s annotation of Bagatelle in A minor, “Für Elise” (Beethoven)
£26.60
Faber Music Ltd Wassail Carols of Comfort and Joy
Book SynopsisWassail! Carols of Comfort and Joy is a sequence of 12 uplifting folk-inspired Christmas songs, exploring both sacred and secular aspects of the festive season. Including such favourites as the The Sussex Carol, Gaudete and The holly and the ivy. This vocal score is arranged with a piano reduction part.Table of ContentsWhat sweeter music can we bring?; The Sussex carol; Drive the cold winter away; The holly and the ivy; Gaudete!; The first tree in the greenwood; Spring will come again; Angelus ad virginem/Gabriel's message; I saw three ships (The Furry Dance); While shepherds watched (three ways); Wassail! (medley)
£15.03
Faber Music Love Came Down at Christmas
Book SynopsisCommissioned by BBC Music Magazine, Love came down at Christmas is Alexander L'Estrange's stunning setting of the classic poem by Christina Rossetti.
£5.02
Faber Music Ltd Christmas Clarinet Basics
Book SynopsisChristmas Clarinet Basics is a collection of fun and festive clarinet repertoire.Each stage wraps together musical and technical elements to help focus your festive playing. Contents Include: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; Christ Was Born On Christmas Day; In Dulci Jubilo and O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.Table of ContentsO leave your sheep; He smiles within his cradle; Away in a manger; Good King Wenceslas; While shepherds watched their flocks; In the bleak midwinter; Silent night; The first nowell; Hey, little bull; Hark! The herald angels sing; Brightest and best; What shall I give?; We three kings; There were three kings; Winds through the olive trees; Masters in this hall; O come, all ye faithful; Jesus, our brother; Once in Royal David’s city; The holly and the ivy; In dulci jubilo; Noel nouvelet; See amid the winter’s snow; Ding dong merrily on high; Coventry carol; Infant holy; Angels from the realms of glory; I saw three ships; O little town of Bethlehem; O little one sweet; It came upon the midnight clear; Austrian carol; God rest you merry, gentlemen; O come, o come, Emmanuel; Pat-a-pan; O Christmas tree; Sleep quietly, my Jesus; Quem pastores laudavere; We wish you a merry Christmas; A child this day is born; Christ was born on Christmas day; The little drummer boy; Go, tell it on the mountain; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Sussex carol; Deck the halls; When Christ was born; The twelve days of Christmas
£11.19
Faber Music Ltd Iron Wine The Songbook
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsLion’s Mane; Bird Stealing Bread; Faded from the Winter; Promising Light; The Rooster Moans; Upward Over the Mountain; Southern Anthem; An Angry Blade; Weary Memory; Promise What You Will; Muddy Hymnal; Beneath the Balcony; The Sea & the Rhythm; The Night Descending; Jesus the Mexican Boy; Someday the Waves; On Your Wings; Naked as We Came; Cinder and Smoke; Sunset Soon Forgotten; Teeth in the Grass; Love and Some Verses; Radio Wars; Each Coming Night; Free Until They Cut Me Down; Fever Dream; Sodom, South Georgia; Passing Afternoon; Woman King; Jezebel; Gray Stables; Freedom Hangs Like Heaven; My Lady’s House; Evening on the Ground (Lilith’s Song); He Lays in the Reins; Prison on Route 41; History of Lovers; Red Dust; 16, Maybe Less; Burn That Broken Bed; Dead Man’s Will; Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car; White Tooth Man; Lovesong of the Buzzard; Carousel; House by the Sea; Innocent Bones; Wolves (Song of the Shepherd’s Dog); Resurrection Fern; Boy with a Coin; The Devil Never Sleeps; Peace Beneath the City; Flightless Bird, American Mouth; Dearest Forsaken; Morning; Loud as Hope; Peng! 33; Sacred Vision; Friends They Are Jewels; Hickory; Waitin’ for a Superman; Swans and the Swimming; Call Your Boys; Such Great Heights; Communion Cups and Someone’s Coat; Belated Promise Ring; God Made The Automobile; Homeward, These Shoes; Love Vigilantes; Sinning Hands; No Moon; Serpent Charmer; Carried Home; Kingdom of the Animals; Arms of a Thief; The Trapeze Swinger; Die (from Dark Was The Night compilation); Walking Far from Home; Me and Lazarus; Tree by the River; Monkeys Uptown; Half Moon; Rabbit Will Run; Godless Brother in Love; Big Burned Hand; Glad Man Singing; Your Fake Name Is Good Enough for Me; Summer in Savannah; Biting Your Tail; Caught in the Briars; The Desert Babbler; Joy; Low Light Buddy of Mine; Grace for Saints and Ramblers; Grass Widows; Singers and the Endless Song; Sundown (Back in the Briars); Winter Prayers; New Mexico’s No Breeze; Lovers’ Revolution; Baby Center Stage; My Side of the Road; Rattling Bone; Slow Black River; The Wind Is Low; Eden; Two Hungry Blackbirds; Freckled Girl; Judgement; Sing Song Bird; Beyond the Fence; Quarters in a Pocket; Loretta; Everyone’s Summer of ’95; Minor Piano Keys; Your Sly Smile; Halfway to Richmond; Wade Across the Water; Postcard; Claim Your Ghost; Thomas County Law; Bitter Truth; Song in Stone; Summer Clouds; Call It Dreaming; About a Bruise; Last Night; Right for Sky; The Truest Stars We Know; Our Light Miles; Stranger Lay Beside Me; Miss Bottom of the Hill; What Hurts Worse; Waves of Galveston; Last of Your Rock ’n’ Roll Heroes; Milkweed; Autumn Town Leaves; Talking to Fog
£36.00
Faber Music Ltd Sixty Country Dance Tunes 17861800
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsThe Expedition; Scotch Contention; The True Hibernian; Royal Review 1799; Sally Kelly ; Mrs Garden of Troop’s Strathspey ; The Nile Hornpipe ; Ramah Droog ; The Rout ; The L’Oriont ; Lord Keith’s Reel ; The Sigh ; Sir Sydney Smith’s Reel ; Whiskers; The City Ball ; Jackson’s Dream ; Roodulum; I Have a Wife of My Ain ; The Bugle Horn ; General Suwarrow’s Strathspey ; Trip to Barnard ; Scoop Bonnet ; Princess Amelia’s Waltz ; Lady C. Finch’s Reel ; Robinson’s Rant ; Princess Amelia’s Waltz ; Hopeless Love ; Lovers’ Vows ; Maidstone Barracks ; The Kentish Reel ; Old Maid’s Delight ; The Maniac ; A Trip to Plymouth or Stoke in an Uproar ; The Birdcatcher ; Miss Petley’s Fancy ; Miss Mary Horton’s Reel ; Barham Downs ; The Lavers ; My Love is but a Lassie yet ; The Light Heart ; Princess Caroline’s Waltz ; The Dutch Skippers ; Cyder and Perry ; The Bank Corps ; Little Sally
£9.49
Faber Music Lullaby Time
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSleep, my little baby (Spain); Connemara cradle song (Ireland); Allunde (Sudan); I see the clouds fly (Indonesia); Sing a rainbow (Arthur Hamilton); Hush, little baby (Traditional); All the toys are put away (Lin Marsh); Catch a falling star (Pockriss/Vance); At the gate of heaven (Spain); Ani couni chaouni (Iroquois); Ayo nene (The Gambia); I gave my love a cherry (Traditional); Lavender’s blue (Traditional); Amazing Grace (Traditional); All through the night (Traditional); Seoithín, seo hó (Ireland); Baloo balili (Scotland); Suo gân (Wales); Hush-a-bye (Traditional); Fa la ninna (Italy); Brahms’ lullaby (Traditional); Kerry lullaby (Traditional); Twinkle, twinkle, little star (Traditional); Manx lullaby (Traditional); 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Lin Marsh); Lovely moon (Germany); Sleep, baby, sleep (Germany); Gently (France); Lalelu (Germany); Hush, the night is falling (Norway); Go to sleep my baby dear (Slovakia); Kosac lullaby (Russia); Thula baba (South Africa); Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree top (Traditional); Little mouse (Lin Marsh)
£14.24
Faber Music Ltd Folk Tunes from the Women
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsJigs (6/8); Jigs (9/8 and 12/8); Hornpipes; Reels; Marches; Polkas; Waltzes & Mazurkas; Crooked Tunes; Strange Times; Miscellaneous; Airs
£18.00
Faber Music Ltd Hodie
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£5.82
Faber Music Ltd Sir Roger de Coverley
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£71.99
Faber Music Ltd Sir Roger de Coverley
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£18.99
Random House USA Inc Dont Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in the Deep South, her years of being overlooked in the music industry, and the stories that inspired her enduring songs in this “bracingly candid” (The Wall Street Journal) memoir. “[Williams’s] memoir transmutes the wisdom, pain, and hard-won joy of her life into stories that stick with you.”—VogueLucinda Williams’s rise to fame was anything but easy. Raised in a working-class family in the Deep South, she moved from town to town each time her father—a poet, a textbook salesman, a professor, a lover of parties—got a new job, totaling twelve different places by the time she was eighteen. Her mother suffered from severe mental illness and was in and out of hospitals. And when Williams was about a year old, she had to have an emergency tracheotomy—an inauspicious start for a singing career. But she was also born a fighter, and she would develop a voice that has captivated millions.In Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You, Williams takes readers through the events that shaped her music—from performing for family friends in her living room to singing at local high schools and colleges in Mexico City, to recording her first album with Folkway Records and headlining a sold-out show at Radio City Music Hall. She reveals the inspirations for her unforgettable lyrics, including the doomed love affairs with “poets on motorcycles” and the gothic southern landscapes of the many different towns of her youth, including Macon, Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans. Williams spent years working at health food stores and record stores during the day so she could play her music at night, and faced record companies who told her that her music was not “finished,” that it was “too country for rock and too rock for country.” But her fighting spirit persevered, leading to a hard-won success that spans seventeen Grammy nominations and a legacy as one of the greatest and most influential songwriters of our time.Raw, intimate, and honest, Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You is an evocative reflection on an extraordinary woman’s life journey.
£26.09
Hal Leonard Corporation Appalachian Dreams Guitar Solo
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£10.79
Hal Leonard Corporation thefolksongsbook133songsfromaroundtheworld
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£14.24
Hal Leonard Corporation Folksongs Guitar Chord Songbook Guitar Chord
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£14.39
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Celtic Dreams Arr Phillip Keveren the Phillip
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£13.95
Hal Leonard Corporation CELIUS DOUGHERTY FOLKSONGS AND CHANTIES HIGH VCE
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£19.54
Hal Leonard Corporation 15 Easy Folksong Arrangements BookOnline Audio
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£14.10
Hal Leonard Corporation 15 EASY FOLKSONG ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOW VOICE BOOK
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£15.29
Harvard University Press The Ballad and Oral Literature
Book SynopsisHere, 16 scholars from Europe and the USA offer essays on topics such as the Child ballads in their British and American forms; aspects of the oral literatures of France, Ireland, Scandinavia, ancient Greece, modern Egypt and medieval England as well as recent literary ballads and popular songs.Table of ContentsIntroduction Joseph Harris Technique, Text, and Context: Formulaic Narrative Mode and the Question of Genre Fleming G. Andersen Popular Modes of Narration and the Popular Ballad Hugh Shields Talerole Analysis and Child's Supernatural Ballads David Buchan The Historical Moorings of "The Gypsy Laddie": Johnny Faa and Lady Cassillis Sigrid Rieuwerts The Americanization of Scottish Ballads: Counterevidence from the Southwest of Scotland William B. McCarthy Parity of Ignorance: Child's Judgment on "Sir Cohn" and the Scottish Verdict "Not Proven" Emily Lyle Literary Backgrounds of the Scandinavian Ballad Vesteinn Olason Oral Literature, Written Literature: The Ballad and Old Norse Genres Bengt R. Jonsson Tradition and Innovation: The Influence of Child Ballads on the Anglo-American Literary Ballad Natascha Wurzbach Cultural Diglossia and the Nature of Medieval Latin Literature Jan Ziolkowski Song and Dance: Reflections on a Comparison of Faroese Ballad with Greek Choral Lyric Gregory Nagy Ring Composition in Maldon; or, a Possible Case of Chiasmus in a Late Anglo-Saxon Poem Albert B. Lord The Middle English Popular Romance: Minstrel versus Hack Writer Karl Reichl Grakappan (AT 425) as Chapbook and Folktale in Sweden Stephen A. Mitchell The Interplay of Genres in Oral Epic Performance: Differentially Marked Discourse in a Northern Egyptian Tradition Dwight Reynolds
£23.36
Princeton University Press Reds Whites and Blues Social Movements Folk
Book SynopsisMusic, and folk music in particular, is often embraced as a form of political expression, a vehicle for bridging or reinforcing social boundaries, and a valuable tool for movements reconfiguring the social landscape. This title examines the political force of folk music through the social activities that make up movements.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2011 Charles Tilly Best Book Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association "Although some of Roy's theoretical discussions in the early chapters should interest folk music scholars, his book will be more important to students of social movements."--Robert V. Wells, Journal of American History "The importance of this excellent book is that it revisits these two movements and reveals once again the power of culture."--Ron Eyerman, American Journal of Sociology "With these carefully documented and well-argued case studies, Roy makes a considerable contribution to cultural sociology in general and social movement studies in particular, and those with a background in the latter field will gain the most from the work as a whole."--Dana Sawchuk, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface ix Chapter One: Social Movements, Music, and Race 1 Chapter Two: Music and Boundaries: Race and Folk 28 Chapter Three: The Original Folk Project 49 Chapter Four: White and Black Reds: Building an Infrastructure 79 Chapter Five: Movement Entrepreneurs and Activists 100 Chapter Six: Organizing Music: The Fruits of Entrepreneurship 126 Chapter Seven: The Highlander School 155 Chapter Eight: Music at the Heart of the Quintessential Social Movement 181 Chapter Nine: A Movement Splintered 213 Chapter Ten: How Social Movements Do Culture 234 Appendix: Coding of Songbooks and Song Anthologies 251 Notes 253 References 263 Index 277
£38.25
Princeton University Press Reds Whites and Blues
Book SynopsisMusic, and folk music in particular, is often embraced as a form of political expression, a vehicle for bridging or reinforcing social boundaries, and a valuable tool for movements reconfiguring the social landscape. Reds, Whites, and Blues examines the political force of folk music, not through the meaning of its lyrics, but through the concrete sTrade ReviewWinner of the 2011 Charles Tilly Best Book Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association "Although some of Roy's theoretical discussions in the early chapters should interest folk music scholars, his book will be more important to students of social movements."--Robert V. Wells, Journal of American History "The importance of this excellent book is that it revisits these two movements and reveals once again the power of culture."--Ron Eyerman, American Journal of Sociology "With these carefully documented and well-argued case studies, Roy makes a considerable contribution to cultural sociology in general and social movement studies in particular, and those with a background in the latter field will gain the most from the work as a whole."--Dana Sawchuk, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface ix Chapter One: Social Movements, Music, and Race 1 Chapter Two: Music and Boundaries: Race and Folk 28 Chapter Three: The Original Folk Project 49 Chapter Four: White and Black Reds: Building an Infrastructure 79 Chapter Five: Movement Entrepreneurs and Activists 100 Chapter Six: Organizing Music: The Fruits of Entrepreneurship 126 Chapter Seven: The Highlander School 155 Chapter Eight: Music at the Heart of the Quintessential Social Movement 181 Chapter Nine: A Movement Splintered 213 Chapter Ten: How Social Movements Do Culture 234 Appendix: Coding of Songbooks and Song Anthologies 251 Notes 253 References 263 Index 277
£22.50
University of Wales Press Now Shoon the Romano Gillie
Book SynopsisThis volume is not the product of direct field-work but a gathering together, a sifting and an analysis of all the material available - whether previously collected by collectors of Romani song, or preserved whole or in fragments within literary or other texts.
£54.00
University of Wales Press Welsh Ballads of the French Revolution
Book SynopsisWelsh Ballads of the French Revolution (1793 - 1815) is an edition of ballads composed in the Welsh language during a momentous period in the history of Western civilization. The texts respond to the upheavals of the Revolutionary decade and its afermath, as people in Britain began to react to the violent deaths of the French monarchs.Trade ReviewThe vibrancy and colour of the Welsh ballads of the French Revolution are brought to life in this ground-breaking anthology edited and translated by Ffion Mair Jones. Offering a detailed analysis of ballads responding to the upheavals of the French Revolution, this volume reveals how the traumatic events of the period were interpreted and presented to Welsh audiences at the time. Ffion Mair Jones argues that despite being overwhelmingly loyal to the British crown, these ballads are far from being monotonous in their conservatism and she uncovers the historical and contemporary impulses that encouraged loyalty and discouraged dissent among the popular poets of the day. By making these ballads accessible to a wider audience, this volume will shed new light on Welsh popular responses to the most dramatic and important event in eighteenth-century Europe. Dr Siwan Rosser, School of Welsh, Cardiff UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Responding to Revolution The Voices of Dissent: The ballads of south-west Wales (1793) 'Faithful Britons': The loyalist response (1793 - 4) The Fishguard Invasion (1797): Loyalty, identity and the hand of God Taking up Arms: Militia, volunteers and the army (1793 - 1815) War-reporting (1794 - 1815) The Duke of York (1793, 1794) The Glorious First of June and Cape St Vincent (1794, 1797) Nelson ballads (1805) Napoleon ballads (1812 - 15) Conclusion
£9.36
Music Sales Ltd The Joy of Christmas
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£12.59
Hal Leonard Europe Limited The Great Songs Of Cat Stevens
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£13.29
International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S. Composer and Nation The Folk Heritage in Music
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£13.77
Manchester University Press Films and British National Identity From Dickens
Book SynopsisExamines the ways in which the cinema has defined, mythified and disseminated British national identity during the 20th century. The text considers chronologically, thematically and by case studies of film, stars and genres, the complexities and process of the evolution of national identity.Table of ContentsIntroduction**1. National Identity**EMPIRE**2. British Imperial Heroes**3. The Black Man as Hero**NATION**4. World War Two**5. National Identity Post-War**6. The Swinging Sixties and After**REGION**7. Scotland**8. Wales and Ireland**9. Lancashire**CULTURE**10. Vaughan Williams, the Cinema and England**11. Dickens - Our Contemporary**Dad's Army and the Politics of Nostalgia**Bibliography
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Manchester University Press Looking North Northern England and the National
Book SynopsisInvestigating areas as diverse as travel literature, fiction, dialect, the stage, radio, and television, feature film, music and sport, this fascinating book assesses the attitudes and portrayal of the North of England within the national culture and how this has impacted upon attitudes to the region and its place within notions of ‘Englishness’.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Defining the North2. Discovering the North3. Writing the North4. Speaking the North5. Staging the North6. Screening the North7. Singing the North8. Playing the North9. The North in the National Imagination
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Manchester University Press Scotland and the Music Hall 18501914 Studies in
Book SynopsisMusic hall was the most dynamic and successful popular theatre genre of the 19th century. This text explores all aspects of the Scottish music hall industry, from the lives and professional culture of performers and impresarios to the place of music hall in Scottish life and national identity.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsGeneral editor’s forewordAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. The development of music hall, 1850-18853. ‘A time for amusement’: the introduction of variety 1880-19144. Performers I: the Scottish ‘pro’s’5. Performers II: the music hall community in Glasgow6. Performers III: ‘Deceitful Minnie Reeve’: respectability and the profession7. Patriotism, empire and the Glasgow music hall8. The Scottish music hall and the public9. ConclusionAppendicesSelect bibliographyIndex
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Manchester University Press The Memory of Catastrophe
Book SynopsisMemories of catastrophes - those which occur naturally and those which are consequences of human actions - loom large in the modern consciousness. This volume draws on the latest scholarship to investigate this phenomenon in both contemporary and historical contexts.Table of ContentsList of Contributors1. Introduction – Peter Gray and Kendrick Oliver2. Remembering the English Civil War – Mark Stoyle3. ‘Diabolical design’: Charleston elites, the 1822 slave insurrection and the discourse of the supernatural – P. A. Cramer4. Memory and the commemoration of the Great Irish Famine – Peter Gray5. ‘The greatest and the worst’: Dominant and subaltern memories of the Dos Bocas well fire of 1908 – Glen D. Kuecker6. The Titanic and the commodification of catastrophe – James Guimond7. Doctors and trauma in World War One: The response of British military psychiatrists – Edgar Jones8. Commemorations of the siege of Leningrad: A catastrophe in memory and myth – Lisa A. Kirschenbaum9. The missing camps of Aktion Reinhard: The judicial displacement of a mass murder – Donald Bloxham10. Memory and authenticity: The case of Binjamin Wilkomirski – Andrea Reiter11. Partition memory and multiple identities in the Champaran district of Bihar, India – Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff12. Bodies do count: American nurses mourn the catastrophe of Vietnam – Carol Acton13. ‘Not much of a place anymore’: The reception and memory of the massacre at My Lai – Kendrick Oliver14. Remembering Vukovar, forgetting Vukovar: Constructing national identity through the memory of catastrophe in Croatia – Rose Lindsey15. Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Sawoniuk? British memory of the Holocaust and Kosovo, Spring 1999 – Tony Kushner
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Manchester University Press Kiss in History
Book SynopsisIn this collection, an eminent group of cultural historians have explored 'the kiss' using a wide range of evidence. By analyzing 'the kiss' and its position - embedded as it is as part of our culture - it shows how history can use small gestures to take us to big issues concerning ourselves and others, the past and the presentTrade Review"'An eloquent and stimulating exercise in cultural history. Here is assembled an accessible, lucid and thought-provoking set of essays from prominent young scholars in their fields.' Philip Carter, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"Table of ContentsIntroduction - Karen HarveyPart I – Worship and ritual1. The kiss of peace in the German Reformation - Craig Koslofsky2. The osculum infame: heresy, secular culture and the image of the witches’ Sabbath - Jonathan DurrantPart II – Ambiguity and transgression3. Lawful kisses? Sexual ambiguity and platonic friendship in England c. 1660–1720 - Helen Berry4. Adulterous kisses and the meanings of familiarity in early modern Britain - David M. Turner5. The kiss of life in the eighteenth century: the fate of an ambiguous kiss - Luke DavidsonPart III – Power and Intimacy6. Kisses for votes: the kiss and corruption in eighteenth-century English elections - Elaine Chalus7. Illness and impact: the mistress of the house and the governess - Carole Williams 8. ‘Kiss me, Hardy’: The dying kiss in the First World War trenches - Santanu DasAfterword - Keith Thomas
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Manchester University Press Benjamins Arcades An Unguided Tour Encounters
Book SynopsisAn innovative and valuable text for students and specialists on the intellectual and political context of Walter Benjamin's unfinished masterpiece, The Arcades Project Authored by three literary scholars and one historian, all of whom are highly regarded in their respective fields Includes a special 'convoluted index', designed to.Table of ContentsPreface: BeginningsAcknowledgements1. Encounters2. Arcades3. Method4. Judaism5. Modernity6. Magic7. Empathy- Einfühlung8. Insurrection9. Angel of History10. Awakening11. Advertising12. Nations13. Jeux/Joie/Jouissance14. Idleness15. Night16. NazisIndex
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Manchester University Press The Public Culture of the Victorian Middle Class
Book SynopsisStudies the creation of a distinctive 'high' culture in the industrial cities of Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester in the mid-nineteenth century and its incipient decline from the 1880s. This book argues for the importance of ritualised modes of social behaviour in understanding the construction of authority in the nineteenth-century city.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements1. The industrial city, the middle class and bourgeois culture2. Building the city3. The social uses of public space4. Clubland: the private in the public5. Spiritual culture6. Music and the constitution of high culture7. The rites of civic cultureEpilogue: the decline of provincial bourgeois culture
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Manchester University Press Songs of Protest Songs of Love
Book SynopsisThe book explores the identity of British agricultural labourers during a time of crisis for the British countryside. It looks at how they expressed grievances and celebrated their sexuality and way of life through songs -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1 What are popular ballads and what can they tell historians2 The language of complaint: Ballads as social criticism3 Ballads and poems’ condemnation of enclosure4 “Though My Labour’s Hard Stil ‘Tis Sweet:” the celebration of the life of work5 Milkmaids and Ploughmen: the celebration of rural labourers’ sexuality6 Hannah More takes on popular ballads: the effort to reform the morals of the poorConclusionBibliography Index
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Manchester University Press Journeyman
Book SynopsisThis new edition of Journeyman, Ewan MacColl's vivid and entertaining autobiography, has been re-edited from the original manuscript, and includes a new introduction by Peggy Seeger, for whom he wrote the unforgettable The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. -- .Table of ContentsList of illustrationsIntroduction by Peggy SeegerAcknowledgementPart One1. Early days and Hogmanay2. One in three million3. Front doors and back entries4. Unnatural habitat5. Lodgers and friends6. The gang7. The tangenital mind8. Happy days?9. Mother, Meg and May10. Limbo11. On the broo12. Big city, big Geordie13. Politics, prurience and fresh air14. New comrades15. Agitprop16. Theatre of action17. Living in London and dreaming of Moscow18. Megaphones to microphonesPart Two19. Theatre Workshop20. On the road21. Enter Alan Lomax22. Into the Folk revival23. Radio ballads24. singing and song-writing25. The joy of living26. Time steals on and steals EpilogueFootnotesIndex
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Manchester University Press Journeyman An Autobiography
Book SynopsisThis new edition of Journeyman, Ewan MacColl's vivid and entertaining autobiography, has been re-edited from the original manuscript, and includes a new introduction by Peggy Seeger, for whom he wrote the unforgettable The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.Table of ContentsList of illustrationsIntroduction by Peggy SeegerAcknowledgementPart One1. Early days and Hogmanay2. One in three million3. Front doors and back entries4. Unnatural habitat5. Lodgers and friends6. The gang7. The tangenital mind8. Happy days?9. Mother, Meg and May10. Limbo11. On the broo12. Big city, big Geordie13. Politics, prurience and fresh air14. New comrades15. Agitprop16. Theatre of action17. Living in London and dreaming of Moscow18. Megaphones to microphonesPart Two19. Theatre Workshop20. On the road21. Enter Alan Lomax22. Into the Folk revival23. Radio ballads24. singing and song-writing25. The joy of living26. Time steals on and steals EpilogueFootnotesIndex
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Manchester University Press Performing Englishness
Book SynopsisLooks in detail at the growth in popularity and profile of the English folk arts in the first decade of the twenty-first century -- .Table of Contents1. IntroductionPart I: Contemporary English folk2. The folk industry3. The mainstreaming of English folk 4. An English style?Part II: Nation and identity Introduction: The English context 5. A place called England6. Englishnesses 7. ConclusionReferencesIndex
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