Contents
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Introduction |
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Elements of a Theory of Song |
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Auld Lang Syne: Context and Genesis |
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Burns’s Song |
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Auld Lang Syne in the Early Nineteenth Century |
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The Song of Union |
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The Song of Parting |
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The Folk’s Song |
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The Song of New Year |
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Take Leave, Brothers: The German Reception of Auld Lang Syne |
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A Song Abroad |
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Preliminary Conclusions: A Song and Its Culture |
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Auld Acquaintance: Auld Lang Syne Comes Home |
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Appendix 1: Eight Jacobite Songs Related to Auld Lang Syne |
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Appendix 2: Burns’s Auld Lang Syne—The Five Versions (B1-B5) |
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Appendix 3: Seven Parodies and Contrafacta from The Universal Songster (1829) |
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Appendix 4: Eight Nineteenth-Century German Translations |
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Appendix 5: Four Versions in Jèrriais |
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Bibliography |
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List of Illustrations |
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Audio Examples |
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Index |
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