Folk Music of Britain - and Beyond

Originally published in 1969. A general and scholarly introduction examining in detail the history and origins of folk music and going on to show the nature and vast amount, with a wealth of examples from around the world. Discussion of the differences of national idiom leads on to a comparison of British folk music with that of other countries.

Frank Howes

Musical Examples. Preface 1. The Name and Nature of Folk Song 2. Technicalities - Monody, Melody, Ornamentation, Polyphony 3. Ethnology and Nationalism 4. National Idioms and Instruments 5. History of the English Revival 6. Ballads 7. English Folk-Melody 1 - Oral, Broadside, Industrial 8. English Folk-Melody 2 - Functional 9. The Fringes - Norse and Celtic 10. Scholarship - Related Problems - Classification, Editing and Arranging, The Study of Ballads. Sources of Musical Illustrations. Index of Tunes and Sources