The Ballad Literature and Popular Music of the Olden Time

The Ballad Literature
and
Popular Music of the Olden Time:
A History of the
Ancient Songs, Ballads, and of the Dance Tunes of England,
with
Numerous Anecdotes and Entire Ballads.
Also
A Short Account of the Minstrels.

By
W. Chappell, F.S.A.

The Whole of the Airs Harmonized by G. A. Macfarren.

“Prout sunt illi Anglicani concentus suavissimi quidem, ac elegantes.

Thesaurus Harmonicus Laurencini, Romani, 1608.

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London:
Chappell and Co., 50, New Bond Street, W.

Contents of Vol. I.

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General Introduction
Explanation of the Facsimiles
List of Subscribers
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Minstrelsy from the Saxon period to the reign of Edward I.		1
Music of the middle ages, and Music in England to the end of the thirteenth century		11
English Minstrelsy from 1270 to 1480, and the gradual extinction of the old Minstrels		28
Introduction to the reigns of Henry VII., Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Queen Mary		48
Songs and ballads of ditto		56 to 97
Introduction to the reign of Queen Elizabeth		98
Songs and ballads of ditto		110 to 243
Introduction to the reign of James I.		244
Songs and ballads of the reigns of James I. and Charles I.		254 to 384

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Contents of Vol. II.

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		Page
Conjectures as to Robin Hood		387
Ballads relating to the adventures of Robin Hood		391 to 400
Puritanism in its effects upon Music and its accessories, and Introduction to the Commonwealth period		401 to 424
Songs and ballads of the civil war, and of the time of Cromwell		425 to 466
Introduction to the reign of Charles II.		467
Songs and ballads from Charles II. to William and Mary		491 to 608
Remarks on Anglo-Scottish songs		609 to 616
Specimens of ditto		617 to 620
Introduction to the reigns of Queen Anne, George I., and George II.		621 to 632
Songs and ballads of ditto		633 to 726
Traditional songs of uncertain date		727 to 749
Religious Christmas Carols		750 to 758
Appendix, consisting of additions to the Introductions, and of further remarks upon the tunes included in both volumes		759 to 788
Characteristics of National English Airs, and summary		789 to 797
First Index		799 to 814
Index of Subjects		815 to 822
Errata		823