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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