Slip Songs and Engraved Song Sheets

David Stoker

doi:10.11647/obp.0347.07

Slip Songs and Engraved Song Sheets

David Stoker

Department of Information Studies

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Abstract

During the 1690s a new print format began to emerge – the slip song, or slip ballad, which rapidly became the most popular means for disseminating the words of popular songs. There has been little research into the format and production of these songs. This chapter therefore provides a case study of the 3,800 songs listed on ESTC annotated with the words slip song. It considers such matters as the format, illustration, price, subject content, date, language, authorship and or performance, place of publication, and who printed, sold, or collected them. During the last quarter of the eighteenth century a new format emerged of engraved song sheets and these are also briefly considered.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cheap Print and Street Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century
Editors	David Atkinson, Steve Roud
Publisher	Open Book Publishers
Chapter	7
Pages	165-194
Number of pages	30
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-80511-041-5, 978-1-80511-045-3, 978-1-80511-044-6, 978-1-80511-042-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-80511-040-8, 978-1-80511-039-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0347.07
Publication status	Published - 04 Sept 2023

Access to Document

10.11647/obp.0347.07Licence: CC BY-NC-ND

Permanent link

Persistent link

Popular Print in a Regional Capital: Street Literature and Public Controversy in Norwich, 1701–1800
Stoker, D., 04 Sept 2023, Cheap Print and Street Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century. Atkinson, D. & Roud, S. (eds.). Open Book Publishers, p. 77-112 36 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Open Access

Cite this

@inbook{bdfb727ce4dc44bd85ba93590e02336d,

title = "Slip Songs and Engraved Song Sheets",

abstract = "During the 1690s a new print format began to emerge – the slip song, or slip ballad, which rapidly became the most popular means for disseminating the words of popular songs. There has been little research into the format and production of these songs. This chapter therefore provides a case study of the 3,800 songs listed on ESTC annotated with the words slip song. It considers such matters as the format, illustration, price, subject content, date, language, authorship and or performance, place of publication, and who printed, sold, or collected them. During the last quarter of the eighteenth century a new format emerged of engraved song sheets and these are also briefly considered.",

author = "David Stoker",

year = "2023",

month = sep,

day = "4",

doi = "10.11647/obp.0347.07",

language = "English",

isbn = "978-1-80511-040-8",

pages = "165--194",

editor = "David Atkinson and Steve Roud",

booktitle = "Cheap Print and Street Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century",

publisher = "Open Book Publishers",

address = "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland",

}

TY - CHAP

T1 - Slip Songs and Engraved Song Sheets

AU - Stoker, David

PY - 2023/9/4

Y1 - 2023/9/4

N2 - During the 1690s a new print format began to emerge – the slip song, or slip ballad, which rapidly became the most popular means for disseminating the words of popular songs. There has been little research into the format and production of these songs. This chapter therefore provides a case study of the 3,800 songs listed on ESTC annotated with the words slip song. It considers such matters as the format, illustration, price, subject content, date, language, authorship and or performance, place of publication, and who printed, sold, or collected them. During the last quarter of the eighteenth century a new format emerged of engraved song sheets and these are also briefly considered.

AB - During the 1690s a new print format began to emerge – the slip song, or slip ballad, which rapidly became the most popular means for disseminating the words of popular songs. There has been little research into the format and production of these songs. This chapter therefore provides a case study of the 3,800 songs listed on ESTC annotated with the words slip song. It considers such matters as the format, illustration, price, subject content, date, language, authorship and or performance, place of publication, and who printed, sold, or collected them. During the last quarter of the eighteenth century a new format emerged of engraved song sheets and these are also briefly considered.

U2 - 10.11647/obp.0347.07

DO - 10.11647/obp.0347.07

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-1-80511-040-8

SN - 978-1-80511-039-2

SP - 165

EP - 194

BT - Cheap Print and Street Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century

A2 - Atkinson, David

A2 - Roud, Steve

PB - Open Book Publishers

ER -

Slip Songs and Engraved Song Sheets

Abstract

Access to Document

Permanent link

Fingerprint

Research output

Popular Print in a Regional Capital: Street Literature and Public Controversy in Norwich, 1701–1800

Cite this