The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, Volume 4

Download or read book The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, Volume 4 written by Bertrand Harris Bronson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this volume, incorporating Ballads 244-305, Bertrand Harris Bronson completes his epic task of providing the musical counterpart to Francis James Child's collection of English and Scottish ballads. As in the previous volumes, the texts are linked with their proper traditional tunes, systematically ordered and grouped to show melodic kinship and characteristic variations developed during the course of oral transmission. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.