Author : Laura Alexandrine Smith
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484171939
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (719 download)
Book Synopsis Through Romany Songland (Classic Reprint) by : Laura Alexandrine Smith
Download or read book Through Romany Songland (Classic Reprint) written by Laura Alexandrine Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Through Romany Songland Romany song that I could find; these researches and their results I now offer, in the hope that they may add one more link to the short chain of sympathy that exists between the lords of the land and the outcast Bohemians, who may be truly termed the vagrants of every country, whose only resting-place is the green earth, whose roof is the broad heaven, and whose house is the tent they fold like the Arab, and as silently steal away. Chorley, that eminent authority on national music, is evidently not an enthusiast on that of the Gypsies. He says, Gypsy music is of very limited value, if disconnected from the Gypsy performance of it, and from the impression made by it on those who, for the sake of sensation, will endure and relish anything, no matter how eccentric it be. Comparatively few Gypsy tunes, save a Russian or Hungarian dance or two, which possibly own some such parentage, have passed into the world's store of melody. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
