Dataset type
audio images text
Description
Broadside ballads were single-sheet songs that sold for a penny a piece. This website concentrates on over 100 resoundingly successful examples that you can investigate through recordings, images and a wealth of other materials. Whether you are interested in music, art, love, gender, tragedy, politics, family life, crime, history, humour or death, you will find something to engage you here.
Affiliation
Queen's University Belfast (Lead Research University), University of Warwick, University of California Santa Barbara, Newcastle University
License
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International
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