The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #22845   Message #258312
Posted By: Joe Offer
15-Jul-00 - 05:30 PM
Thread Name: Ballads: Edward vs 2 Brothers
Subject: Child and Laws - Classification of Ballads
I need a little instruction here. Susan, when you say that Child classifyhs songs, do you mean that all the songs listed under #13 are one class, or does he draw connections between #13 and something else? It often seems that songs with consecutive numbers in Child are interrelated.

Anyhow, can you tell us more about Child's system of classification? I'm just starting to get a taste, and my appetite has been whetted.

Oh, and after you get me to understand Child, can we go on to Laws???? [grin]

-Joe Offer-