The fellowship of song : popular singing traditions in East Suffolk / Ginette Dunn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunn, Ginette, author.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music

Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk songs, English--England--East Suffolk--History and criticism.

Folk songs, English.

Folk music--England--East Suffolk--History and criticism.

Folk music.

East Suffolk (England)--Social life and customs.

East Suffolk (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routlege, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published in 1980. Song is perhaps the strongest form of traditional culture. Its vigour and energy represent the power of the community from which it springs. This book focuses on traditional singing in two small English villages. It studies in detail an activity which goes to the core of the communal life in any village and demonstrates how song becomes the lifeblood of the traditions of rural life. In many ways traditional singing is highly subversive because its practice is an affirmation of community and a denial of the fragmentation of modern society. The songs sung, those remembered, the singers now dead whose lives are recalled each time an old favourite is performed, all connect the present with the past. The primary aesthetic concern within these singing traditions is that a man should sing, whatever the objective quality of his performance; and a song should tell a good story. The individual singer assumes a special role in performance since he becomes spokesman for a group and gives voice not only to personal but also to social concerns, dynamics and emotions.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Village Life and Work, 1880-1975; Part One; 1. Men's Singing Institutions: an Evening in the Blaxhall Ship; 2. The Women; 3. The Young People; Part Two; 4. Learning and the Singer's Role; 5. Song Ownership ; 6. Aesthetics; Epilogue; Appendix I: Biographies of the Singers and Other Major Informants; Appendix II: List of Singers' Recorded Repertoires

Appendix III: Two Genealogies Compiled from Parish Records, BlaxhallSelect Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published in 1980 by Croom Helm Ltd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-66732-0

1-317-35777-9

1-317-35776-0

9781315667324

OCLC:

933433283