The Folk Handbook
Working with Songs from the English Tradition
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2007
288 pages
978-1-4768-5401-4 (ISBN)
Description
by David Atkinson, Vic Gammon, Rikky Rooksby, Mark Brend, John Morrish, Martin Carthy, and Nigel Williamson. Words & melodies for 80+ traditional songs, plus detailed explorations of their history & meaning and their value to writers & performers. With audio tracks of 20 songs recorded in the field.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United States
Publishing group
Hal Leonard Corporation
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4768-5401-4 (9781476854014)
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By John Morrish
Content
- Intro
- The Folk Story
- An Introduction To Folk
- The Subject-Matter Of Traditional Song
- The Role Of Traditional Instrumental Music
- The Varieties Of Traditional Songs And Dance Music
- The Elements And Forms Of Traditional Songs
- Oral Traditions, Song Making And Dance Music
- Print Culture, Broadsides And Tune Books
- The Origins And Dissemination Of Traditional Songs And Dance Tunes
- Collecting, Revivals And Research
- Folk Portraits
- F.j. Child (1825-96)
- Sabine Baring-gould (1834-1924)
- George Gardiner (C1852-1910)
- Frank Kidson (1855-1926),
- Lucy Broadwood (1858-1929)
- Kate Lee (1859-1904)
- Cecil Sharp (1859-1924)
- Phil Tanner (1862-1937)
- Anne Gilchrist (1863-1954)
- The Hammond Brothers
- Alfred Williams (1877-1930)
- Sam Larner (1878-1965)
- Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
- Clive Carey (1883-1968)
- Maud Karpeles (1885-1976)
- Harry Cox (1885-1971)
- George Butterworth (1885-1916)
- The Copper Family
- A.l. Lloyd (1908-1992)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
- Walter Pardon (1914-1996)
- Alan Lomax (1915-2002)
- Ewan Maccoll (1915-1989)
- Peter Kennedy (1922-2006)
- Fred Jordan (1922-2002)
- Folk And The English
- English Folk Song In America
- The Folk Revivals
- Folk In Britain Today
- Folk In America Today
- The Music Of English Folk Song
- Lyric Versus Melody
- The Refrain
- Rhythm
- The Strophic Verse
- The Unharmonised Melody
- No Modulation
- Pitch
- Folk Melody And The Modes
- Working With Folk Song
- Words And Music
- Reorganising Songs
- Arrangement And Harmony
- Sing The Song First
- Instrumentation
- The Folk Songbook
- How To Use The Songbook
- How The Song Listings Work
- Songs Of Death
- Death And The Lady Roud 1031
- The Death Of Queen Jane Child 170
- Roud 77
- Geordie Child 209
- Roud 90
- George Collins (Giles Collins) Child 85
- Roud 147
- Rosin The Beau Roud 1192
- The Trees They Do Grow High (The Trees They Grow So High) Roud 31
- The Unfortunate Rake (The Unfortunate Lad) Roud 2
- The Unquiet Grave (Cold Blows The Wind) (Child 78
- Roud 51)
- What Is The Life Of A Man? (The Fall Of The Leaf) (Roud 848)
- Songs Of Drinking
- All For Me Grog (The Nobby Hat) Roud 475
- The Barley Mow
- Drink Old England Dry Roud 882
- Fathom The Bowl Roud 880
- Good Ale (Home Brewed Ale) (Roud 203)
- John Barleycorn (Roud 164) As Sung By Tom Smith.
- When Jones's Ale Was New (When Joan's Ale Was New) Roud 139
- Songs Of Love
- The Banks Of Sweet Primroses (Roud 586)
- Barbara Allen (Child 84
- Roud 54) As Sung By VIC Legg.
- A Blacksmith Courted Me (Roud 816)
- The Bold Fisherman (Roud 291)
- The Bonny Labouring Boy (Roud 1162)
- Claudy Banks (Roud 266)
- Come Write Me Down (Roud 381)
- The DÆmon Lover (Child 243
- Roud 14) (Well Met, Well Met My Own True Love)
- The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Fair Phoebe And Her Sailor) (Roud 265)
- The Drowned Lover (Roud 185)
- Green Bushes (Roud 1040)
- The Grey Cock (Child 248
- Roud 179)
- The Gypsy Laddie (The Draggletail Gypsies) (Child 200
- Roud 1)
- Hear The Nightingale Sing (The Grenadier) (Roud 140)
- The Keys Of Canterbury (Roud 573)
- Pleasant And Delightful (Roud 660)
- Seventeen Come Sunday (Roud 277)
- Songs Of Murder
- Banks Of Green Willow (Child 24
- Roud 172)
- Bruton Town (Roud 18)
- The Constant Farmer's Son (Roud 675)
- The Cruel Ship's Carpenter (Roud 15)
- Lamkin (Lankin) (Child 93
- Roud 6)
- Lord Randal (Lord Rendle) (Child 12
- Roud 10)
- Poison In A Glass Of Wine (Oxford City) (Roud 218)
- The Three Butchers (Jovial Butchers) (Roud 17)
- The Wexford Girl (The Miller's Apprentice) (Roud 263)
- Songs Of Sailors And The Sea
- Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy (Roud 165)
- Admiral Benbow (Roud 227)
- The Bold Princess Royal (Princess Royal) (Roud 528)
- Caroline And Her Young Sailor Bold (Roud 553)
- The Female Cabin Boy (Roud 239)
- The Golden Vanity (Child 286
- Roud 122)
- The Greenland Whale Fishery (Roud 347)
- Henry Martin (Child 250
- Roud 104)
- The Loss Of The Ramillies (The Ram-Be-Lay) (Roud 523)
- The Mermaid (Child 289
- Roud 124)
- Spanish Ladies (Roud 687) (Farewell And Adieu To You Spanish Ladies)
- Songs Of Sex And Seduction
- The Bedmaking (My Mother Sent Me To Service) (Roud 1631)
- The Crabfish (Tommy Doddler) (Roud 149) As Sung By Charlie Stringer.
- The Cunning Cobbler (Roud 174) (The Cobbler And The Butcher)
- The Game Of All Fours (The Pack Of Cards) (Roud 232)
- The Molecatcher (Roud 1052)
- My Husband's Got No Courage In Him (Oh Dear No) (Roud 870)
- The Nutting Girl (Roud 509)
- The Thrashing Machine (Roud 1491)
- Songs Of Trickery And Outwitting
- The Baffled Knight (New Mown Hay) (Child 112
- Roud 11)
- Bonny Kate (Roud 1633)
- The Broomfield Wager (Broomfield Hill) (Child 43
- Roud 34) As Sung By Gordon Hall.
- The Farmer's Curst Wife (Devil And Farmer) (Child 278
- Roud 160)
- The Gypsy Lass (Roud 229)
- The Highwayman Outwitted (Roud 2638)
- Marrow Bones (Roud 183) (There Was An Old Woman Or The Rich Old Lady)
- The Outlandish Knight (Child 4
- Roud 21)
- The Oyster Girl (Roud 875)
- The Poor Old Couple (Roud 491) Sung By Manny Aldous. ("Cleverly Done," Said He)
- Scarborough Fair (The Lover's Tasks) (Child 2
- Roud 12)
- Songs Of War And Army Life
- Bold General Wolfe (Roud 624)
- The Bonny Bunch Of Roses (Roud 664)
- The Bonny Light Horseman (Roud 1185)
- The Deserter (Roud 493, 1965, 2405)
- The Duke Of Marlborough (Marlborough) (Roud 233)
- The Grand Conversation On Napoleon
- Muddley Barracks (Bungay Roger) (Roud 1735)
- Songs Of Work And Protest
- Adieu To Old England (Roud 1703)
- All Jolly Fellows That Follow The Plough (Roud 346)
- The Gallant Poacher (Roud 793)
- The Husbandman And The Servingman (Servingman And Husbandman) (Roud 873)
- The Painful Plough (Roud 355)
- The Rambling Blade (Roud 490) As Sung By Walter Pardon.
- Van Dieman's Land (Roud 519)
- Virginia (Roud 1488)
