Scottish Ballads (Tr) Main Edition Contributor(s): Lyle, Emily (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0862414776 ISBN-13: 9780862414771 Publisher: Canongate Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2001 Annotation: Scotland's ballads represent one of the high-water-marks of Scottish literature and are famous as superb expressions of oral culture, reflecting a world of magic, deep passion and history transformed into legend. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music | Reference |
Dewey: 921.044 |
Series: Canongate Classics S |
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 4.99" W x 7.72" (0.52 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Scotland's ballads represent one of the high-water marks of Scottish literature and are famous as superb expressions of oral culture, reflecting a world of magic, deep passion and history transformed into legend. This selection includes more than eighty of the finest ballads, together with an introduction, notes and glosses. The versions come from the last three centuries-from the time of Burns and Scott, who were among the earliest collectors, up to the present day. Although the ballads are anonymous in a way, the singers themselves determine the versions we have, by a process of selection, interpretation and refashioning. Wherever possible, this edition includes the names of the singers, many of whom were women. An internationally recognised ballad scholar, Emily Lyle is a research fellow at the School of Scottish Studies in the University of Edinburgh, and is general editor of The Grieg-Duncan Folk song Collection. |