Where is Saint George? : pagan imagery in English folksong
Stewart, R. J., 1949-1988
Book
Total copies: 1
This thought-provoking book suggests that certain basic images found in traditional songs, and certain musical phrases linked inseparably with them, were once common to Celtic - and indeed, pre-Celtic - forms of worship, and were only later absorbed in Christian ritual.
Main title:
Where is Saint George? : pagan imagery in English folksong / Bob Stewart.
Author:
Edition:
[New] ed.
Imprint:
London : Blandford, 1988.
Collation:
138 p. : ill., music ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: 1977.Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.
ISBN:
9780713720303 (pbk)
Dewey class:
781.4216221784.29427842942Su29
Local class:
784.2942Su29
Language:
English
BRN:
1091309