The Crystal Spring: English Folk Songs Collected by Cecil Sharp

by Maud Karpeles (Editor), Cecil James Sharp

Cecil Sharp was one of the leading collectors of British folk songs and founder of the English Folk-Dance Society. For this volume, Maud Karpeles--Sharp's assistant for many years and herself an authority in this field--has selected 143 ballads, love songs, songs of the country, carols,
nonsense songs, and various other folk songs from Sharp's extensive collection, collating melodies and texts where Sharp found variants, to produce a popular vehicle for Britain's traditional music. The book includes music and lyrics for each song, supplemented by subtle harmonies well-suited for
guitar or piano accompaniment as well as chord diagrams for guitarists.

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Maud Karpeles OBE, (12 November 1885 – 1 October 1976) was a British collector of folksongs and dance teacher. Karpeles work closely with folklorist Cecil Sharp until his death in 1924. Between 1916 and 1918, Karpeles assisted Sharp in collecting Anglo-American songs in the Southern Appalachian Mountains and completed his wish to collect folk songs from Newfoundland.