IT
UNIVERSITY PRESS______..,
". . .
a magnificent book . .
the scholarship flawless."
-MAcEDWARD LEACH,
Chairman
Dept. of Folklore, University of Pennsylvania
THE BRITISH
BROADSIDE BALLAD
AND ITS MUSIC
by
Claude
M.
Simpson
Professor of English, Stanford University
This massive work of scholarship relates a large number of British broadside
ballads to the tunes for whch they were designed .. . Five hundred and
forty tunes are reproduced- double the number in William Chappell's
Popular Music of the Olden Time.
The text traces the history of their use
for broadsides and gives much information about the instrumental pieces
and ballad opera songs connected with the music.
A
list of sources and
indexes of tune names, titles, first lincs, and refrains of the ballads, plus
an index of composers, poets, and publishers mentioned make this book an
invaluable reference tool.
"A maj or work of scholarship ... The importance of Simpson's book
cannot be overestimated. The ballads apply widely to many fields, to
social and political history, as well as to literature, musicology and surely
folksong scholarship ...
A
valuable reference work for serious scholars ...
who are deeply in his d ebt for this memorable contribution."- RoBERT
COMMANDAY,
San Francisco Examiner
&
Chronicle
" ... beyond question monumental in its field. It will serve all of us–
writers, teachers, researchers, students, scholars-as a constant point of
reference wherever and whenever the broadside ballad is under scrutiny.
It
can and will likewise be consulted for its insights into British social
history ... an outstanding job."- FREDERIC RAMSEY, J R.
960 pages, 540 musical examples, notes, indexeS!
$17.50
RU11GERS UNIVERSITY PRESS
New Brunswick, New J ersey
