Vintage 50s Ballad Tree by Evelyn Kendrick Wells Hardcover GUC

Vintage 1950's Ballad Tree: Study of British and American Ballads, Their Folklore, Verse and Music by Evelyn Kendrick Wells Synopsis (from the introduction) ...... The reason for another book about ballads is the very multiplicity of the information available: its is a somewhat confusing matter for the casual reader, as well as for the student or critic, to apprehend the Child ballad as it is in America today. The following chapters present texts and tunes as sung traditionally in the last fifty years in England and America, with comment which selects from the many separate and special studies and weaves them together into one fabric. In the light of this comment the true ballad, compound of racial memories, mirror of folkways, tried and refined by a hundred singers, may be seen and enjoyed for what it is. (book description provided courtesy of seller keymedia) "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Used book in good condition, light rubbing to cover, spine and page edges. Minimal annotations. Signed by former owner Wednesday Shipping.