An Introduction to English Folk Song by Maud Karpeles

An Introduction to English Folk Song

by Maud Karpeles

Oxford University Press, 1987, Revised
Musical examples in text
Paperback, dustjacket

Condition: Near Fine
minor edge and shelf wear with minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners. (see photographs)

“Our heritage of traditional folk song is remarkably rich, and most of us know all too little savour it.  What is folk music? How has it been perpetuated?  What are its dominant characteristics? And what is its role in modern life?
Maud Karpeles for many years assistant to Cecil Sharp, the famous collector of folk songs, and herself one of the greatest authorities on the subject, discusses these pertinent and absorbing questions.”