Traditional Tunes: A Collection of Ballad Airs. Collected and Edited with Illustrative Notes by Frank Kidson. With a New Foreword by A.E. Green.

KIDSON, Frank.

Published by Menston YorkshirePrinted by the Scolar Press Ltd. ., 1970

About this Item

8vo. (22 x 14 cm). pp.xviii+174. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the unclipped dust-jacket. An excellent copy. First printed in 1891 in Oxford by Chas. Taphouse & Son. The work presents a balanced sample from the folk-song tradition of Northern England and Southern Scotland in the late 19th century. Melodies and words of songs are included along with scholarly and informative notes.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Traditional Tunes: A Collection of Ballad Airs. Collected and Edited with Illustrative Notes by Frank Kidson. With a New Foreword by A.E. Green.
• Publisher: Menston YorkshirePrinted by the Scolar Press Ltd. .
• Publication Date: 1970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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