The Jack Tales
Page 19
by Richard Chase
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1. (See note on page vii of Preface.) The work of the Society founded in 1911 by the late Cecil Sharp: “to preserve English folk dances, songs [ballads incl.], and music . . .; to include related American forms; to make them known, and to encourage their practice . . .”—has done much to make the approach to these traditions less acidly academic.—R. C.
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2. See native writing style given in notes to No. XIII.—R. C.
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3. See, especially, notes to No. III.—R. C.
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