TY - BOOK ID - 77920360 TI - Our ancient national airs : Scottish song collecting from the Enlightenment to the Romantic era PY - 2016 SN - 1317084756 1409450201 9781409450207 9781472400345 1472400348 1306149770 9781306149778 9781409450191 1409450198 9781315599199 9781317084747 9781317084754 9781138279292 1317084764 1315599198 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Folk songs, Scots KW - Folk music KW - Folk-songs, Scottish KW - Scots folk songs KW - Scottish ballads and songs KW - History and criticism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77920360 AB - Karen McAulay traces the complex history of Scottish song collecting, and the publication of major Highland and Lowland collections. Looking at sources, authenticity, collecting methodology and format, McAulay places these collections in their cultural context. Attention is given to some of the performance issues raised, either in correspondence or in the paratexts of published collections; and the narrative is interlaced with references to contemporary literary, social and even political history as it affected the collectors themselves. Most significantly, this study demonstrates a resurgence ER -