ESSAYS IN THE
STUDY OF FOLK-SONGS.
BY THE
COUNTESS EVELYN MARTINENGO-CESARESCO.
LONDON:
GEORGE REDWAY,
YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
MDCCCLXXXVI.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Introduction | [ix] |
| The Inspiration of Death in Folk-Poetry | [1] |
| Nature in Folk-Songs | [30] |
| Armenian Folk-Songs | [53] |
| Venetian Folk-Songs | [89] |
| Sicilian Folk-Songs | [122] |
| Greek Songs of Calabria | [152] |
| Folk-Songs of Provence | [177] |
| The White Paternoster | [203] |
| The Diffusion of Ballads | [214] |
| Songs for the Rite of May | [249] |
| The Idea of Fate in Southern Traditions | [270] |
| Folk-Lullabies | [299] |
| Folk-Dirges | [354] |
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