Notes: | Principally unacc. melodies; with chord symbols. "Included [are] only those traditional settings which are believed by scholars to have been in use during Shakespeare's time or have survived in oral tradition. ... The material included consists of (a) songs whose texts were written by Wm. Shakespeare, (b) popular songs and ballads quoted or referred to by characters in the plays, (c) songs of contemporary poets and musicians, (d) popular songs, folk songs, ballads, rounds and street cries, known to have been current at the time and included to add to the overall setting in which Shakespeare wrote and was performed"--Introduction. Includes bibliographical references (page 104). English.
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