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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSurtees Society
ISBN-100854440534
ISBN-139780854440535
eBay Product ID (ePID)50348826
Product Key Features
Number of Pages408 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSongs from the Manuscript Collection of John Bell
SubjectHistory & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional
Publication Year1984
TypeTextbook
AuthorF. Rutherford
Subject AreaMusic
SeriesPublications of the Surtees Society Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight20.6 Oz
Item Length8.7 in
Item Width5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Series Volume Number196
Volume Number196
SynopsisIncludes all those songs from the manuscript collection of John Bell (d. 1864) which throw light on the way of life of the majority of the population of North-East England and the Eastern Borders. Each piece derives ultimately from the life and work of those men and women who were obliged to work for a living, usually with their hands.Texts arranged under the following headings: Soldiers and Sailors, Civil and Political, Coalwork, Country Life, Festivities, Sport and Social Life, Drinking, Courtship, Love Unrequited, Love Satisfied, Children, In Praise of Wedlock, Trouble and Strife, Stories, Fragments.