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æolian ancient art-music authentic ballad beautiful Bruton Town cadence carols century change of mode character characteristic Church collected collector communal composed conclusion corrupt course Cumulative songs dance diatonic diatonic scale dorian mode doubt edited educated England English folk-song English folk-tunes English music English peasant evolution example expression fact folk-airs folk-ballad folk-music genuine German Greek harmonic individual instance large number Lucy Broadwood lydian lydian mode major matter melody mind minor scales mixolydian mode modal modern music modulation musician natural never nevertheless Old English old singers origin peasant singers peculiar pentatonic perhaps phrase pianoforte accompaniment plagal poetry popular songs possessed qualities reason refrain sang School of music Scottish Seeds of Love semitone sense seventh sing singer Somerset songs with pianoforte story sung taste tonality Tone tonic traditional tune unconsciously variation VAUGHAN WILLIAMS verse Vicar of Bray village West Chinnock words