The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135467   Message #3089910
Posted By: Brian Peters
06-Feb-11 - 01:22 PM
Thread Name: online Child's w/ music?
Subject: RE: online Child's w/ music?
I'd assume that as well, DMcG - since Bronson was attempting a comprehensive review of all the Child ballads with tunes known at the time, I'd be surprised if he left out any of the ones Child himself printed. I mentioned that Bronson's collection consists mostly of ballad versions collected after Child's death, and it's worth emphasisng that these - while recognizable as examples of particular Child titles - are not identical texts to the ones FJC published. Tunes were never found for many of Child's titles, and even in the case of well-known ballads, the earliest versions he included were often from broadsides with no tune attached or definable.