Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Traditional Tunes: A Collection of Ballad Airs, chiefly obtained in Yorkshire and the South of Scotland; together with their appropriate words from Broadsides and from Oral Tradition [SIGNED]

Oxford: Chas. Taphouse & Son. 1891. Limited edition. Hardcover. 60/200. 8vo. xvi,17-174,[2],pp. Half leather over green cloth with attached broadart. Signed by Frank Kidson on limitation page. "The compiler's wish has been to at least temporarily rescue from oblivion some few of the old airs, which, passing from mouth to mouth for generations, are fast disappearing before the modern effusions of the music hall and concert room. He believes that many of the airs here noted down are excellent specimens of melody, and as such, are worthy of preservation; that they have a peculiar quaintness, a sweetness, and a tenderness of expression, absent in the music of the present day, which it is impossible to successfully imitate." Includes "83 ballad airs" with musical scores, collected and edited with illustrative notes by Frank Kidson. Front board almost detached. Hinges starting. Fore- and bottom page edges untrimmed, as issued. Binding in poor, interior in overall very good condition. fair. Item #22130

Price: $275.00

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