A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune (Texas Folklore Society Publications Series, 32) - Hardcover

9780870740169: A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune (Texas Folklore Society Publications Series, 32)

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ISBN 10: 0870740164 ISBN 13: 9780870740169

Publisher: University of North Texas Press, 1964

Good tales are represented in this volume by Frank Dobie and by Riley Aiken, Roger Abrahams, and Kenneth Goldstein. Also included are E. Bagby Atwood who analyzes the variations of the cacophonous custom of the charivari or shivaree as it has been observed in different times and regions. George D. Hendricks compares versions of the origin and nature of woman, and John Q. Anderson surveys origins of stream names, among other topics covered in this volume.

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From the Publisher:

"A GOOD TALE tell't well, an' a bonnie tune ...and ye've a rare song. And fa widna sing it?" So said a Scotswoman, explaining what a ballad of American Indians and Texas Rangers was doing in the repertory of a Scottish traditional singer. The quotation furnishes a particularly appropriate title for this collection of Texas folklore, which features a symposium on "Folksong and Folksong Scholarship" by five men eminent in the field of folk music. Exploring changing approaches and attitudes in this exciting area of folklore are Tristram P. Coffine, secretary-treasurer of the American Folklore Society and author or editor of a number of books including The Ballad and the Critics; John Greenway, editor of the Journal of American Folklore and author of American Folksongs of Protest; W. Edson Richmond, editor of Midwest Folklore and teacher of courses on the ballad at the University of Indiana; D.K. Wilgus, author of Anglo-American Folksong Scholarship Since 1898; and George Foss, ethnomusicologist and member of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C.

About the Author:

Mody C. Boatright (1896–1970) served as Secretary-Editor of the Texas Folklore Society for twenty years. He obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas, where he taught for four decades. His contributions to folklore study and the Texas Folklore Society are innumerable.
Wilson M. Hudson was the editor of the Texas Folklore Society from 1963 to 1971 after becoming associated with the Society when he began teaching at The University of Texas.
Allen Maxwell was a former editor of The Southwest Review and former book editor for The Dallas Morning News.

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