Musics Lost and Found

This book is a piece of serious musicology by a man who has worked as a song collector himself, but his erudition is lightly worn. This ground-breaking book is the first-ever study of the role played in musical history by song collectors. It examines their often extraordinary lives, how they set about their task, and the music they collected. In detailing thepressures which have driven them to travel and explore, it reflects movements in cultural and political history. This book is a musicologic