Popular music of the olden time ; a collection of ancient songs, ballads, and dance tunes, illustrative of the national music of England / With short introductions to the different reigns, and notices of the airs from writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Also a short account of the minstrels. The whole of the airs harmonized by G. A. Macfarren.
1859
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Popular music of the olden time ; a collection of ancient songs, ballads, and dance tunes, illustrative of the national music of England / With short introductions to the different reigns, and notices of the airs from writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Also a short account of the minstrels. The whole of the airs harmonized by G. A. Macfarren.
Created/published
London : Cramer, Beale & Chappell, [1859]
Description
2 v. (xx, 822 p.) : illus., 5 facsims. ; 27 cm
Associated name
Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888, author.
Macfarren, G. A. (George Alexander), 1813-1887.
Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910, former owner.
Macfarren, G. A. (George Alexander), 1813-1887.
Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910, former owner.
Note
Paged continuously.
An expansion of his "Collection of national English airs," published 1838-40. Recast by Prof. H. E. Wooldridge and published in 1893 as "Old English popular music." Part of the present edition was issued under title "The ballad literature and popular music of the olden time."
An expansion of his "Collection of national English airs," published 1838-40. Recast by Prof. H. E. Wooldridge and published in 1893 as "Old English popular music." Part of the present edition was issued under title "The ballad literature and popular music of the olden time."
Genre/form
Music.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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M1740 .C5
Folger-specific note
Folger has vol. 2 only. Frederick J. Furnivall copy.