Singing the News

Jenni Hyde is Associate Vice-President of the Historical Association. A former music teacher, folk singer and classically-trained soprano, she holds a doctorate in history from the University of Manchester and a PGCE in music from Edge Hill University College. She is Honorary Researcher in History at Lancaster University and an Associate Lecturer at Liverpool Hope University. She has published articles for both journals and popular magazines.

• List of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations Acknowledgements Editorial Note A Note on Musical Analysis Chapter 1 Introduction - now lesten a whyle & let hus singeChapter 2 ‘Lend listning eares a while to me’ – the production and consumption of sixteenth-century ballads Chapter 3 ‘I praye thee mynstrell make no stoppe’ – the music of the mid-Tudor balladsChapter 4 ‘Sung to filthy tunes’ – the meaning of music Chapter 5 ‘Ye never herd so many newes’ – the social circulation of information in ballads Chapter 6 ‘Of popyshnes and heresye’ – political ballads and the fall of Thomas Cromwell Chapter 7 ‘Lyege lady and queene’ – discourses of obedience in the reign of Mary I Chapter 8 ‘Some good man, for the commons speake’ – scribal collections and social criticismConclusion ‘one hundred of ballits’ Bibliography

This is a significant book.David Atkinson - Folk Music Journal