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Thread #400   Message #3335813
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
09-Apr-12 - 02:14 PM
Thread Name: Req/ADD: French folk songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: French folk songs
Monique, don't misunderstand, the Berthier volumes are an excellent resource for French songs, folk or other, but the indexes are difficult to use for one who is used to a different usage of terms.
I am considering copying the indexes, cut and paste, to see if I can make an alphabetical listing. (if I get the time!)

Treatment of articles doesn't seem to be consistent.

To continue this digression, which really doesn't belong here:
Seeing Stephen Foster's "Old Black Joe" listed as a folk song grates; Foster was one of the great U.S. song composers, and the song was spread by reams of sheet music and latterly many recordings.

"Moby Dick" seems to be by a modern French composer; your explanation that titles in caps are not in the volume explains why it couldn't be found. Certainly not a folk song in English usage.