Download or read book The Illustrated Book of French Songs, From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century (Classic Reprint) written by John Oxenford and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Illustrated Book of French Songs, From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century Where there is so abundant a song-literature as that of France, a small volume like this cannot be free from 'sins of omission. Perhaps every reader may have in his mind some song that he will think ought to have had a place here, and that he will be surprised to find has been passed over. To all objections made on the score of omission I can only answer by remarking, that where from a huge mass a very limited quantity is to be extracted, the work of selection must always bear an arbitrary appearance. However, I believe I am not going too far when I say that, in spite of the narrow compass of the collection, no class or style of song (fit for the general. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.