ENGLISH FOLKSONG .* That a well-considered, scientific treatise on English folksong has now become necessary, every thoughtful musician will acknowledge. Moreover, it may readily be admitted that a man whose zealous devotion to folksong has resulted in the collection 'in round numbers of fifteen hundred tunes,' taken down from some three hundred and fifty country singers and players, is likely to have reliable knowledge of the subject upon which he writes. Mr. Sharp's 'conclusions' have certainly not been hastily arrived at, for they bear upon the face of them an assured conviction as to their soundness. Whether all will agree with his deductions is another question, but there is no doubting the fact that they have been well and honestly thought out. An accepted definition of 'folk-song,' as now under-*
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