That's true. "Traditional Song" sounds good to me. It's not as if we have
so much traffic we couldn't open it up a bit (especially since a lot of that
traffic doesn't deal with ballads specifically anyway).
Lynn
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traditional b [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Julia C.Bishop
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 2:28 AM
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Subject: Re: names
Dear Colleagues,
Several of you have seconded Judith Cohen's message. But surely
it doesn't address a number of the points that Steve Roud made,
including that the name 'ballad' puts off some potential list
members? It's exclusive when the list would be richer for being
more inclusive.
Julia
> I'm w/Judy this time....
>
> G. Lyon
>
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Judith R Cohen wrote:
>
> >
> > I kind of like "Ballads".There aren't enough ballads around. Couldn't
> > we just keep the name and not fuss if other traditional song genres
> > wander in and are treated as welcome guests? cheers, Judith
> >
Julia C. Bishop (Dr)
National Centre for English Cultural Tradition
University of Sheffield
Sheffield S10 2TN
U.K.
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