£15.00
Title: The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs
Author: R Vaughan Williams and AL Lloyd
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication Date: c1959 1st Edition
Format: Softback
Condition: Covers are good with slight shelf wear and scuffing to spine edges. Pages are clean with a couple having pen writing to them by the previous owner. Previous owners inscription to the front.
Book measures: 19.5cm x 13cm with 128 pages
1 in stock
The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs is a landmark anthology in British ethnomusicology, edited by the legendary composer Ralph Vaughan Williams and folk revivalist A.L. Lloyd. This 1959 first edition serves as a definitive collection of traditional melodies and lyrics rescued from oral tradition. Featuring over 80 songs—complete with musical notation—it captures the raw, unpolished beauty of rural English life. From maritime ballads to pastoral laments, this volume is an essential resource for folk musicians, historians, and collectors of Penguin Classics, providing a vital link to the heritage of the British Isles.
| Weight | 0.500 kg |
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