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Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by the Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco (1852-1931)

Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by the Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco (1852-1931)

by contessa Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington Martinengo-Cesaresco

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Author
Martinengo-Cesaresco, Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington, contessa, 1852-1931
Title
Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886)
Credits
Produced by Lesley Halamek, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Folk songs -- History and criticism
Category
Text
eBook-No.
36222
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36222
Release Date
May 26, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.ESSAYS IN THE STUDY OF FOLK-SONGS. — BY THE
  2. 2.COUNTESS EVELYN MARTINENGO-CESARESCO. — LONDON: GEORGE REDWAY,
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII.
  5. 5.THE INSPIRATION OF DEATH IN FOLK-POETRY.
  6. 6.NATURE IN FOLK-SONGS.
  7. 7.ARMENIAN FOLK-SONGS.
  8. 8.VENETIAN FOLK-SONGS.
  9. 9.SICILIAN FOLK-SONG.
  10. 10.GREEK SONGS OF CALABRIA.
  11. 11.FOLK SONGS OF PROVENCE.
  12. 12.THE WHITE PATERNOSTER.
  13. 13.THE DIFFUSION OF BALLADS. — I.— Lord Ronald in Italy. — II.— The Theft of a Shroud.
  14. 14.SONGS FOR THE RITE OF MAY.
  15. 15.THE IDEA OF FATE IN SOUTHERN TRADITIONS. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V.
  16. 16.FOLK-LULLABIES.
  17. 17.FOLK-DIRGES.
  18. 18.BOOKS OF REFERENCE. — Transcriber's Note

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