Ten Folk-Songs of Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Ten Folk-Songs of Alsace, Lorraine and ChampagneIn these songs of the people, however poor the lines, there is always a sense of humour, of candour, of joy or sorrow, in which one sees clearly the soul of a district, whilst the melo dies give the feeling of the scenery. For instance, the wonderful patience, gaiety and cheerfulness of the people of green Alsace is eloquently expressed in the rhythm of their folk-songs, which are almost always dancing-songs.The sons of blue Lorraine, camped at the gates of France, had to be good warriors, so their folk-songs are, nearly all, marching-songs.In slate-coloured Champagne, where the soil is hard to work, the folk-songs are longer, deeper, more realistic with a heavier rhythm, and the melodies are not as impressive as in other more picturesque provinces, or even as in Upper Champagne, which is hilly and woody.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.