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Scots folk singers and their sources : a study of two major Scottish song collections

Title
  1. Scots folk singers and their sources : a study of two major Scottish song collections / by Caroline Macafee.
Published by
  1. Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2021]
Author
  1. Macafee, Caroline

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Description
  1. xvi, 213 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary
  1. "This book offers a detailed analysis of two major Scottish folk song collections, the Greig-Duncan Collection, and the Scots folk song material of the School of Scottish Studies Archives. This exhaustive study of song transmission includes all contributors, not only notable singers. The scattered information, marshalled into quantifiable data, throws light on such topics as transmission within and outside the family, the role of literacy, the public reticence of women singers, the association between the Travellers and the big ballads, and the impact of social changes in the late nineteenth century, and of broadcast music in the 1920s. The new opportunities opened up by digitisation are explored here for the first time"--
Series statement
  1. Scottish cultural review of language and literature, 1571-0734 ; volume 31
Uniform title
  1. Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 31.
Subject
  1. School of Scottish Studies Archives (Edinburgh)
  2. Greig-Duncan folk song collection
  3. Folk songs, Scots -- Scotland -- Sources
  4. Folk songs, English -- Scotland -- Sources
  5. Folk songs, Scots -- Scotland -- History and criticism
  6. Folk songs, English -- Scotland -- History and criticism
  7. Scots -- Music -- History and criticism
  8. Scottish Travellers (Nomadic people) -- Music -- History and criticism
  9. Music -- Social aspects -- History. -- Scotland
  10. Folk singers -- Scotland
  11. Folk singers
  12. Folk songs, English
  13. Folk songs, Scots
  14. Music -- Social aspects
  15. Scotland
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  2. History.
  3. Sources.
Contents
  1. Introduction -- Weighing the Catch -- Did Greig and Duncan Neglect the Travellers? -- Song Transmission -- The Reticence of Female Singers -- The Devolution of the Child Ballads to the Travellers -- Social Change and Education versus Tradition -- The Missing Singers of the 1920s -- Conclusions.
Call number
  1. JME 22-4
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-209) and index.
Author
  1. Macafee, Caroline, author.
Title
  1. Scots folk singers and their sources : a study of two major Scottish song collections / by Caroline Macafee.
Publisher
  1. Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2021]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Scottish cultural review of language and literature, 1571-0734 ; volume 31
  2. Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 31.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-209) and index.
Other form:
  1. Online version: Macafee, Caroline, Scots folk singers and their sources Leiden ; Boston : Brill 9789004464414 (DLC) 2021015515
LCCN
  1. 2021015514
ISBN
  1. 9789004464407 hardcover
  2. 9004464409 hardcover
Research call number
  1. JME 22-4
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