Spanish Ballads

by Colin Smith

The Spanish ballad is well documented from the 16th to the 20th century in substantial, though declining, oral sources, chiefly in Castilian but also in Judeo-Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese. The 70 ballads in this volume are taken from 16th-century printed sources, from the period when the ballad of tradition, sung and orally transmitted, was polished for printing by poets, musicians and editors to meet the taste of the times. There is a general...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853994456
• ISBN13: 9781853994456
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.6"