A collection of 100 classic and traditional songs from Scotland. Each entry includes details of its origins and alternative versions, and all piano accompaniments have been kept deliberately simple and uncluttered so as not to detract form the purity of the melodies.

An analysis of the process of composition, learning and performance of the Southern folk blues of black America. This musical form has not previously been examined in such a scrupulous fashion. This book was the winner of the University of Chicago Folklore Prize.

In the most comprehensive collection of information ever published on the performing arts of Oceania, more than 160 scholars in thirty countries and on every continent describe the music of these indigenous peoples.

Volume 1 comprises parts 1 and 2 of the original ten-part study published between 1882 and 1898.

This handy book contains the complete lyrics for 100 old favourites from the vast array of Irish songs and ballads.

Here in one volume is a comprehensive look at the folk and traditional musics of the entire European continent from Ireland to the new republics of Georgia and Belarus. Detailed coverage is provided for the Balkan nations.

Volume 2 comprises parts 3 and 4 of the original ten-part study published between 1882 and 1898.

Offers 50 carols for sopranos and altos (suitable for boys', girls', or women's choirs). This work contains simple arrangements of the best-loved carols, some less well-known ones, and four original pieces by Britten, Rutter, and Hadley.

The guitarists' guitarist and the songwriters' songwriter, the legendary Bert Jansch has influenced diverse stars. Born in Edinburgh in 1943, Jansch became an inspirational and pioneering figure during Britain's 'folk revival' of the 1960s. In 1967, he formed folk/jazz fusion band Pentangle with John Renbourn and enjoyed international success.

Alan Lomax is a legendary figure in American folk music circles. Although he published many books, hundreds of recordings and dozens of films, his contributions to popular and academic journals have never been collected. This collection of writings reintroduces these essential writings. This book brings together articles from the 30s onwards.

This is a study of very short songs: pieces long perceived as 'fragments' or remnants of longer narrative texts, and dismissed as the by-products of a degenerative oral tradition. Coverage includes English, Welsh, Breton, American, and Finnish songs.