A Century Of Ballads 1810-1910, Their Composers & Singers

With Some Introductory Chapters On Old Ballads And Ballad Makers - online book.

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	AUTHOR'S NOTE
	I N dealing with the earlier and more historical portion of this book, I have consulted, principally, the following works : Grove's Dic­tionary of Music, Chappell's Old English Popular Music, Alfred Edward Moffat and Frank Kidson's The Minstrelsy of England, Rev. S. Baring-Gould's English Minstrelsie, and Edmonstoune Duncan's The Story of Min­strelsy. My acknowledgments are also due to the authors and publishers of the following books : Antoinette Sterling and Other Celebrities, M. Sterling Mackinlay, Hutchinson and Co. ; Re­miniscences of my Life, Sir Charles Santley, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons ; The Life of Sterndale Bennett, J. R. Sterndale Bennett, Cambridge University Press ; Sir Arthur Sullivan, Arthur Lawrence, James Bowden. For permission to use the facsimile of Sir William Sterndale Bennett's "Sing, Maiden, vii