The roving artist: Frank Kidson, pioneer song collector

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Issues related to the work artist and journalist Frank Kidson, born in 1855, achieved in folk song collection are examined, focusing on his skill in tracing musical histories and his modesty in acknowledging himself as an expert. Topics include Kidson's family and professional history, his collections of music, and his many writings on the subject, including books "Traditional Tunes," "British Music Publishers," and the newspaper series "Notes on Old Tunes."

United Kingdom, Behavior, Folk-songs, British, Kidson, Frank

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'Veritable Dunghills': professor child and the broadside

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Ballad singers are often depicted in contemptuously in print, but also in pictures. Hogarth's famous engraving of a hanging in Tyburn around 1760 shows contempt for a ballad singer as well as drawings by Rowlandson around 1810. The images are mimicked in literature by Shakespeare's, Jonson and in George Eliot's novel Felix Holt.

Portrayals, Ballads

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On the twelfth of July in the morning ... (or the man who mistook his sash for a hat)

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Issues related to the origin of the patriotic Protestant song "The Sash My Father Wore," focusing on its relationship to the Irish folk song "The Hat My Father Wore." Topics include the lyrics of the songs, the history of Orange music in Northern Ireland, and the political context of music.

Ireland, Northern Ireland, Music, Protestants, Folk music, The Sash My Father Wore (Song)

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