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24 produkter
Folk Song in England
Av Steve Roud
Häftad, 2021
225 kr
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Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book PrizeEngland was once dubbed 'the land without music', but in the early twentieth century collectors and enthusiasts such as Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Percy Grainger discovered a vital heritage of folk song, vibrant and alive among working men …
London Lore
The legends and traditions of the world's most vibrant city
Av Steve Roud
Häftad, 2010
166 kr
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In which part of North London were wild beasts once thought to roam the sewers? Why did 1920s working-class Londoners wear necklaces of blue beads?Who was the original inspiration for the 'pearly king' costume?And did Spring-heeled Jack, scourge of Victorian London, ever really exist?Exploring …
English Year
Av Steve Roud
Häftad, 2008
183 kr
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This enthralling book will take you, month-by-month, day-by-day, through all the festivities of English life. From national celebrations such as New Year’s Eve to regional customs such as the Padstow Hobby Horse procession, cheese rolling in Gloucestershire and Easter Monday bottle kicking in …
New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs
Häftad, 2014
171 kr
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The definitive collection of folk music - one of the great English popular art formsOne of the great English popular art forms, the folk song can be painful, satirical, erotic, dramatic, rueful or funny. This magical new collection brings together all the classic folk songs as well as many …
English Year
Av Steve Roud
E-bok, 2008
136 kr
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This enthralling book will take you, month-by-month, day-by-day, through all the festivities of English life. From national celebrations such as New Year’s Eve to regional customs such as the Padstow Hobby Horse procession, cheese rolling in Gloucestershire and Easter Monday bottle kicking in …
Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland
Av Steve Roud
E-bok, 2006
170 kr
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Are black cats lucky or unlucky? What should you do when you hear the first cuckoo? Since when have people believed that it's unlucky to shoot an albatross? Why does breaking a mirror lead to misfortune? This fascinating collection answers these and many other questions about the world of …
New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs
E-bok, 2012
108 kr
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One of the Spectator's Books of the Year 2012'Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladiesFarewell and adieu to you ladies of SpainFor we've received orders for to sail for old EnglandBut we hope in a short while to see you again'One of the great English popular art forms, the folk song can be …
A Dictionary of English Folklore
Av Jacqueline Simpson, Steve Roud
Inbunden, 2016
656 kr
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This dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. An engrossing guide to English folklore and traditions, with over 1,250 entries. …
Routledge Companion to English Folk Performance
Inbunden, 2021
3894 kr
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This broad-based collection of essays is an introduction both to the concerns of contemporary folklore scholarship and to the variety of forms that folk performance has taken throughout English history. Combining case studies of specific folk practices with discussion of the various different …
Folk Song in England
Av Steve Roud
E-bok, 2017
191 kr
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In Victorian times, England was famously dubbed the land without music - but one of the great musical discoveries of the early twentieth century was that England had a vital heritage of folk song and music which was easily good enough to stand comparison with those of other parts of Britain and …
Routledge Companion to English Folk Performance
E-bok, 2021
838 kr
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This broad-based collection of essays is an introduction both to the concerns of contemporary folklore scholarship and to the variety of forms that folk performance has taken throughout English history. Combining case studies of specific folk practices with discussion of the various different …
Routledge Companion to English Folk Performance
E-bok, 2021
820 kr
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This broad-based collection of essays is an introduction both to the concerns of contemporary folklore scholarship and to the variety of forms that folk performance has taken throughout English history. Combining case studies of specific folk practices with discussion of the various different …
Routledge Companion to English Folk Performance
Häftad, 2023
710 kr
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This broad-based collection of essays is an introduction both to the concerns of contemporary folklore scholarship and to the variety of forms that folk performance has taken throughout English history. Combining case studies of specific folk practices with discussion of the various different …
Street Ballads in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America
The Interface between Print and Oral Traditions
Häftad, 2016
1060 kr
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In recent years, the assumption that traditional songs originated from a primarily oral tradition has been challenged by research into ’street literature’ - that is, the cheap printed broadsides and chapbooks that poured from the presses of jobbing printers from the late sixteenth century until the …
Street Ballads in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America
The Interface between Print and Oral Traditions
E-bok, 2016
999 kr
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In recent years, the assumption that traditional songs originated from a primarily oral tradition has been challenged by research into ’street literature’ - that is, the cheap printed broadsides and chapbooks that poured from the presses of jobbing printers from the late sixteenth century until …
Street Ballads in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America
The Interface between Print and Oral Traditions
E-bok, 2016
999 kr
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In recent years, the assumption that traditional songs originated from a primarily oral tradition has been challenged by research into ’street literature’ - that is, the cheap printed broadsides and chapbooks that poured from the presses of jobbing printers from the late sixteenth century until …
Monday's Child is Fair of Face
and Other Traditional Beliefs about Babies and Motherhood
Av Steve Roud
E-bok, 2009
170 kr
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Pregnancy and childbirth remains a mystical and magical time, characterised by feelings of hope, uncertainty and worry. No matter how many scientific innovations come along, there's still room for home-grown beliefs and traditions handed down through the family. Couples buying a pram may still ask …
Lore of the Playground
One hundred years of children's games, rhymes and traditions
Av Steve Roud
E-bok, 2010
167 kr
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From conkers to marbles, from British Bulldog to tag, not forgetting 'one potato, two potato' and 'eeny, meeny, miny, mo', The Lore of the Playground looks at the games children have enjoyed, the rhymes they have chanted and the rituals and traditions they have observed over the past hundred years …
London Lore
The legends and traditions of the world's most vibrant city
Av Steve Roud
E-bok, 2012
136 kr
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In which part of North London were wild beasts once thought to roam the sewers? Why did 1920s working-class Londoners wear necklaces of blue beads?Who was the original inspiration for the 'pearly king' costume?And did Spring-heeled Jack, scourge of Victorian London, ever really exist?Exploring …
Street Ballads in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America
The Interface between Print and Oral Traditions
Inbunden, 2014
2879 kr
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In recent years, the assumption that traditional songs originated from a primarily oral tradition has been challenged by research into ’street literature’ - that is, the cheap printed broadsides and chapbooks that poured from the presses of jobbing printers from the late sixteenth century until the …
Cheap Print and the People
European Perspectives on Popular Literature
Av Steve Roud, David Atkinson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1784 kr
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In every country across Europe, at some point or other during the last five hundred years, cheap printed materials were the staple diet of ordinary people, providing a rich array of entertainment, education, and information. They came in various forms, but were usually variations on the theme of …
