The Ballad Matrix Personality, Milieu, and the Oral Tradition

The Ballad Matrix examines the William Motherwell ballad collection, one of the largest collections of songs gathered during the golden age of ballad collecting in Scotland (1780 to 1830). The collected repertoire of Agnes Lyle of Kilbarchan, Motherwell's most prolific informant, consists of tw...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Indiana University Press 1990
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