Published between 1882 and 1898, the original ten-part study became the definitive collection of popular English and Scottish ballads. Francis James Child superceded previous and unreliable ballad editions by compiling all the extant ballads with all known variants, making them available for the first time. Features his invaluable commentary for each work.
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words but not the music,
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This review is from: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, 5 Volume Set (Paperback)
I own just one hardback volume of this collection, so when I saw the complete collection in paperback, I ordered it. Anyone interested in folk music knows how important it is. But while the hardback copy has the music, the paperback does not. I would not have bought it,if I had known this. This is one of the perils of buying over the internet. So if you only want the words, by all means buy it. But if you want the music, and these are ballads after all, save up for the hardbacks.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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A Rich Heritage,
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This review is from: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, 5 Volume Set (Paperback)
These volumes contain a fantastic collection of ballads from English and Scottish folklore. All the old favorites, such as King Arthur and Robin Hood, as well as some lesser known but wonderful tales are included. These books belong on the shelves of anyone interested in some of the unvarnished darker folklore of past centuries, alongside such works as Grimm's (original, complete) fairy tales, the fantasy works of Neil Gaiman, Peter S. Beagle, Susanna Clarke, or DiTerlizzi and Black's Spiderwick books. If you ever wondered about the folkloric sources behind some of the modern dark fantasy works, read these volumes.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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The Classic Source,
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This review is from: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, 5 Volume Set (Paperback)
This 5-volume collection, originally published in 10 volumes between 1882 and 1898, has long been "the" source for traditional English/Scottish ballads, complemented by Cecil Sharp's work. Like most collectors at the time, Child "edited" the often-earthy original versions to remove ribald content, which is a bit of a shame. But anyone interested in traditional balladry cannot ignore this collection.
Contrary to Asa Wahlquist's suggestion, the original never had the music to the tunes (with 51 exceptions collected in Vol. 5). In the late '50s and early '60s, Bertrand Bronson published a multi-volume hardback companion with music, a condensed one-volume paperback version of which used to be available (it's been OOP for quite a while, as has the hardback version). I would not recommend waiting for a hardcover version (of either the original or Bronson's work) to turn up (or be reprinted): Bronson's hardcover volumes are now selling for $200+ each, and the Dover hardcovers of the Child collection are going for about the same.
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