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CHAPTER VI
THE SONG-BOOKS AND MISCELLANIES
I. SONG-BOOKS.
The growth of English song from the earliest days to the period of the
song-books, with its prominent features, “Sumer is icumen in,' the Agincourt
Song, the hymn 'Quene of Evene,' the influence of John of Dunstable and
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his School, etc. , may be studied in Chappell, W. , Popular Music of the Olden
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