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Thread #2457   Message #2554821
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
01-Feb-09 - 06:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Gilderoy
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gilderoy
For the examples Jim quotes, and others, see Bronson, 'Habits of the Ballad as Song'. Is that where you got the references, Jim? Since Bronson observed of the tune-family 'so far as I know there is no family name', he presumably intended here a larger family of which the 'Dives and Lazarus'/'Gilderoy' type was but a sub-group, unless he meant that students of the family hadn't agreed on a 'master title' for it. My ear isn't equal to recognising any great resemblance between 'Goddesses' and the typical 'Lazarus' types, let alone the earlier music Bronson quotes, but specialised approaches to analysis are often required for such things. I would be interested to hear further comment on all that from Jim and Jack.