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Victorian songhunters : the recovery and editing of English vernacular ballads and folk lyrics, 1820-1883
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Victorian songhunters : the recovery and editing of English vernacular ballads and folk lyrics, 1820-1883

E. David Gregory

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Legacies from the past. Introduction, awkward but indispensable words ; The early collectors ; Romantics and their critics
The vernacular song revival, 1820-1859. National and regional song, 1820-1839 ; The Percy Society I, the antiquarians ; The Percy Society II: other song catchers ; William Chappell & the history of vernacular song ; Other early Victorians, Broadwood to child
The mid-Victorian era, 1860-1883. Around the regions ; Old songs repackaged, broadsides, drolleries, and ditties ; Ballad editing, perspectives and practice ; The Ballad Society ; Birth of a folksong revival.

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Victorian songhunters : the recovery and editing of English vernacular ballads and folk lyrics, 1820-1883 by E. David Gregory. ISBN 9780810857032. Published by Scarecrow in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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