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Larry Gorman And The Cante Fable, Edward D. Ives

Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers

Herbert Halpert's work in collecting and making other collectors conscious of the cante fable in America is well known. In "The Cante Fable in Decay," he suggested two reasons why we have not found more cante fables here. First, folksong collectors have not asked for tales with songs in them. Second, many of the ones we have found are so corrupt as to be unrecognizable. Often, he goes on to say, "the rhyme itself is all of the story that is told while the narrative details are relegated to a purely informative function and may or may not be given-depending …

"The Bonny Earl Of Murray": The Ballad As History, Edward D. Ives

Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers

Andrew Lang Spoke of the murder of "The Bonny Earl" of Moray as "a deed which for years influenced the politics of Scotland." It is also the subject of one of the most beautiful and stirring of the Scottish ballads (Child 181), compelling even to people hearing or reading it for the first time. A ballad should certainly not be judged on whether or not it is good history; either it tells a story well or it does not. Neither will our knowledge of its historical background make us see a poor ballad as a good one. On the other …

Folksongs Of Maine Sung By Sandy Ives Liner Notes, Edward D. Ives

Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers

Liner notes authored by Sandy Ives to accompany his 1959 album of Maine folksongs. Includes a brief biograph of Ives and the lyrics and background of each song on the album.

Northeast Folklore Volume 2 Numbers 1-4, Edward D. Ives, Bacil F. Kirtley, E. G. Huntington, James F. Flynn, Charles A. Huguenin, Frank A. Hoffmann, Evelyn K. Wells, Horace P. Beck, Helen Creighton

Northeast Folklore Monographs

Description

The second issue of Northeast Folklore was published in the spring of 1959 under the editorship of Edward D. Ives (known as Sandy) and Bacil F. Kirtley through the Department of English at the University of Maine. The four editions that year were later bound into a single volume.

Table of Contents

Number 1 (Spring):

Two Songs from Martha's Vineyard by E.G. Huntington

The Deer Isle Hoax by James J. Flynn and Charles A. Huguenin

Folklore from Aroostook County, Maine, and Neighboring Canada edited by Bacil F. Kirtley

Notes and Queries

Number 2 (Summer):

Bibliography of New England-Maritimes Folklore …