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008			220318s2022 nyua b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780197551851
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dUkLoVW
099			_aMPS 10 (1)
100	1		_aMcIlvenna, Una, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSinging the news of death : _bexecution ballads in Europe 1500-1900 / _cUna McIlvenna.
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _cc2022.
300			_axvii, 533 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
490	0		_aNew cultural history of music series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Singing the News of Death explore the hugely popular phenomenon of execution ballads in Europe from the early modern period onwards, revealing how song was employed for centuries as a common means of informing society about the news of public executions. It examines how these ballads, usually cheaply printed and sold by itinerant peddlers, framed the news of crime and punishment, and how the unique features of song - rhythm, rhyme and melody - presented information about criminals in a way that prose accounts could not."-- Dustjacket front flap.
650		7	_aBallads _934
650		7	_aExecutions and executioners _910979
650		7	_aEurope _9179
650		7	_aHistory _9238
942			_2VWML _cBK _hMPS 10 (1)
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