Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco

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Author Martinengo-Cesaresco, Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington, contessa, 1852-1931
LoC No. 06031677
Title Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886)
Contents Introduction -- The inspiration of death in folk-poetry -- Nature in folk-songs -- Armenian folk-songs -- Venetian folk-songs -- Sicilian folk-songs -- Greek songs of Calabria -- Folk-songs of Provence -- The White Paternoster -- The diffusion of ballads -- Songs for the Rite of May -- The idea of Fate in southern traditions -- Folk-lullabies -- Folk-dirges.
Language English
LoC Class PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject Folk songs -- History and criticism
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