Folk Song: Tradition, Revival, and Re-Creation

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Folk Song: Tradition, Revival, and Re-Creation Edited by Ian Russell and David Atkinson. Elphinstone Institute Occasional Publications, 3. Aberdeen: Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, 2004. Illus. 555 pp. Music. Bibliog. Indexes. ISBN 0-9545682-0-6. £25 (inc. UK postage).

Having received a volume devoted to the study of folk song and the folk song revival (a treat in itself, there having been so little published in the last few decades), I must confess to having felt rather daunted at the prospect of reviewing it. After all, it is a collection of thirty-five papers - the product ...

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