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Desire, drink and death in English folk and vernacular song, 1600-1900

Title
  1. Desire, drink and death in English folk and vernacular song, 1600-1900 / Vic Gammon.
Published by
  1. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.
Author
  1. Gammon, Vic.

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Description
  1. xvii, 264 p. : ill., music; 25 cm.
Subject
  1. Death in music
  2. Drinking songs > England > History and criticism
  3. Folk songs, English > England > History and criticism
  4. Sex in music
  5. England > Social life and customs
Contents
  1. Song, sex and society in England, 1600-1850 -- Such a merry tune : music, musical instruments and dance as sexual symbols -- Echoes of the siren : music, charm, and seduction in British traditional songs and ballads -- 'Nothing like drinking' : English vernacular song and strong drink -- Singing and popular funeral practices in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Child death -- Song, experience and authenticity.
Call number
  1. JME 08-443
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Author
  1. Gammon, Vic.
Title
  1. Desire, drink and death in English folk and vernacular song, 1600-1900 / Vic Gammon.
Imprint
  1. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Connect to:
  1. Table of contents only
LCCN
  1. 2007023670
ISBN
  1. 9780754660941 (alk. paper)
  2. 075466094X (alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JME 08-443
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