Old English songs : as now sung by the peasantry of the Weald of Surrey and Sussex, and collected by one who has learnt them by hearing them sung every Christmas from early childhood by the country people, who go about to the neighbouring houses, singing, or "wassailing" as it is called, at that season; the airs are set to music exactly as they are now sung, to rescue them from oblivion and to afford a specimen of genuine old English melody; the words are given in their original rough state with an occasional slight alteration to render the sense intelligible / harmonized for the collector [J. Broadwood] in 1843 by G. A. Dusart.
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ScorePublication details: London : Balls & Co., for the collector, [1847].Description: 32 leaves : musicSubject(s): Available additional physical forms:| Item type | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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VWML | Storage | MPS 60 (31) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Reference only | Rotograph of an original copy in the British Library. | 3716 |
Original printed for private circulation.
"Rotograph of the copy in the British Museum" Negative images printed on one side of each sheet, unbound and kept in a box case.
Sixteen songs arranged for voice and piano.
Original in British Library. Music Collections H.1434
Originally published London : Balls & Co., [1843]