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Desire, drink and death in English folk and vernacular song, 1600-1900 / Vic Gammon.

By: Gammon, Vic
Publisher: [Aldershot] : Ashgate, 2008.Description: xvii, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780754660941DDC classification: 782.420942
Contents:
Song, sex, and society in England, 1600-1850 -- Such a merry tune: music, musical instruments, and dance as sexual symbols -- Echoes of the siren: music, charm, and seduction in British traditional songs and ballads -- Nothing like drinking: English vernacular song and strong drink -- Singing and popular funeral practices in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Child death -- Song, experience, and authenticity.
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Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Open Shelves KVCC [GAM-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M48174
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Song, sex, and society in England, 1600-1850 -- Such a merry tune: music, musical instruments, and dance as sexual symbols -- Echoes of the siren: music, charm, and seduction in British traditional songs and ballads -- Nothing like drinking: English vernacular song and strong drink -- Singing and popular funeral practices in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Child death -- Song, experience, and authenticity.

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