Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886)
Will no one tell me what she sings?
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
For old, unhappy, far-off things,
And battles long ago:
Or is it some more humble lay,
Familiar matter of to-day?
Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,
That has been, and may be again!
W. Wordsworth.
Wo man singt da lass dich ruhig nieder,
Böse Menschen haben keine Lieder.
contessa Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington Martinengo-Cesaresco
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COUNTESS EVELYN MARTINENGO-CESARESCO.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
I.
V.
VI.
VII.
THE INSPIRATION OF DEATH IN FOLK-POETRY.
NATURE IN FOLK-SONGS.
ARMENIAN FOLK-SONGS.
VENETIAN FOLK-SONGS.
SICILIAN FOLK-SONG.
GREEK SONGS OF CALABRIA.
FOLK SONGS OF PROVENCE.
THE WHITE PATERNOSTER.
THE DIFFUSION OF BALLADS.
I.—Lord Ronald in Italy.
II.—The Theft of a Shroud.
SONGS FOR THE RITE OF MAY.
THE IDEA OF FATE IN SOUTHERN TRADITIONS.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
FOLK-LULLABIES.
FOLK-DIRGES.
BOOKS OF REFERENCE.