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100 1 $aGammon, Vic.
245 10 $aDesire, drink and death in English folk and vernacular song, 1600-1900 /$cVic Gammon.
260 $aAldershot, England ;$aBurlington, VT :$bAshgate,$cc2008.
300 $axvii, 264 p. :$bill., music ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 $aSong, sex and society in England, 1600-1850 -- Such a merry tune : music, musical instruments and dance as sexual symbols -- Echoes of the siren : music, charm, and seduction in British traditional songs and ballads -- 'Nothing like drinking' : English vernacular song and strong drink -- Singing and popular funeral practices in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Child death -- Song, experience and authenticity.
520 1 $a"This much-needed book provides valuable insights into themes and genres in popular song in the period c. 1600-1900. In particular it is a study of popular ballads as they appeared on printed sheets and as they were recorded by folk song collectors. Vic Gammon displays his interest in the way song articulates aspects of popular mentality and he relates the discourse of the songs to social history. Gammon discusses the themes and narratives that run through genres of song material and how these are repeated and reworked through time. He argues that in spite of important social and economic changes, the period 1600-1850 had a significant cultural consistency and characteristic forms of popular musical and cultural expression. The book will appeal to those interested in folk song, historical popular music (including church music), ballad literature, popular literature, popular culture, social history, anthropology and sociology."--Jacket.
650 0 $aFolk songs, English$zEngland$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aSex in music.
650 0 $aDrinking songs$zEngland$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aDeath in music.
651 0 $aEngland$xSocial life and customs.
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast
776 08 $iOnline version:$aGammon, Vic.$tDesire, drink and death in English folk and vernacular song, 1600-1900.$dAldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008$w(OCoLC)891481878
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