Spanish Italian Folk-Songs (Classic Reprint) - Alma Strettell

Excerpt from Spanish Italian Folk-Songs
It is needless to say that this little volume does not pretend to be a complete collection of Spanish or Italian folk-songs. Its only aim is to bring into notice a few examples of them which either in subject or form, in beauty or quaintness of expression, have seemed to me peculiarly interesting and characteristic.
The Spanish selections have not been made from the purely Spanish popular poetry - the ordinary "coplas" and "seguidillas" which the people all over the country sing, and even improvise, on every kind of subject. Somewhat has already been written concerning these, and specimens of them may be found in various collections of Spanish songs familiar to musicians.
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