Cover illustration: Joe Edwards, Harvest Time, mid-late 20th century. Reproduced with permission from the Estate of Joe Edwards; Image National Museums Scotland.
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Names: Macafee, Caroline, author.
Title: Scots folk singers and their sources : a study of two major Scottish song collections / Caroline Macafee.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Rodopi, 2021. | Series: Scottish cultural review of language and literature, 1571–0734 ; vol. 31 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2021015514 (print) | LCCN 2021015515 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004464407 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004464414 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Folk songs, Scots—Scotland—Sources. | Folk songs, English—Scotland—Sources. | Folk songs, Scots—Scotland—History and criticism. | Folk songs, English—Scotland—History and criticism. | Scots—Music—History and criticism. | Scottish Travellers (Nomadic people)—Music—History and criticism. | Music—Social aspects—Scotland—History. | Folk singers—Scotland. | Greig-Duncan folk song collection. | School of Scottish Studies Archives (Edinburgh)
Classification: LCC ML3655 .M25 2021 (print) | LCC ML3655 (ebook) | DDC 782.42162/9163—dc23
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ISSN 1571-0734
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