The Ballad Literature and Popular Music of the Olden Time/Volume 1

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.

Vol. I.

“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
		Page
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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