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A, ' ‘ slip , w ill secure prompt delivery of. :the . entire set of program books upor A d ’ ' ‘ ' f ’ dress all com m un ilations tb T he D epartm ent o Folk Lore, of the People s 70 Fifth A venue, N . Y . TA B LE OF TH E EUROPEA N LA N GUA GES . T he follow ing table is here presented in order to afford a brief survey of the languages o f the on e the e e e in peoples of Europe. If on e considers the fact that each of languag s h r d icated xte its ti , is subdivided into many dialects , according to the e nt of circula on, it will be possible to form a picture of the manifold possibilities for poetic expre ssion to be found th in e folk song literature of the European countries . I I o- n i : . n d Germ a c Lan gu ages de D t R e e : Mo rn Greek ialec s : H ellenic . Albanian . omanc Languag s Spanish , Por ' tu uese lan ien i R t -Ro e e g , C ata , French Provencale, Ital an Sardin ian , a o man squ , Ladino , and , , R t x e et . e oumanian . C el ic Lan ua es : Irish , Gaelic Man , W lsh , r on G rmanic Lan g g , B e N E : e i : w e g uag s ( orth , West and ast Ge rmanic) 1 . N orth G rmanic ( Scandinav an) S dish , ete . 3 . e t e m : D anish N orw e ian Icelandic . 2 . East Germanic : Gothi c obsol ) W s G r anic , g , ( er . ti e En lish Fri esian D utch Flemish , Low Ge rm an Modern i h G man al c Languag s g , , , H g B i 1 E n e t v : . t Lithuanian Letto an . Slavic Lan ua es East South and W s Sla ic) as Slavic , g g ( , 2 t S Great R ussia , White R ussia Ruthen ien s Li ttle Russia Ukrainian) . Sou h lavic ( ) , ( - l e w t the r r . : ve Serbo C oatic, ul a ian 3 . West Slavic Polish C z ech , S o nian , W nd ( i h Ma B g , s urian) , Kaschubin k, Old Prussian ( obsolete ) . “ II in n is -U rish an ua es . F h g L g g E t U r sh Suomi Finnish , s honian , Livonian etc . Difieren t D ialects of g i , un arian ( ) , H g E ( mixed w ith old Turkish lements) . " III T ur is an ua es . k h L g g O smanie, Tartaric , Turkoman . I I ola e u V. s t d Gro ps Et e . Basqu , Old ruscan S C H E D U L E O F C O N C E R T S C oncert 1 9 1 9 LA N GU A GES . e J 21 I Tu sday , anuary Early French P rovencale . 28 e II January . Mod rn French F rench and Italian in , S w itzerland e 4 F bruary Spanish , P ortu u ese , Italian Roumanian g , A N GLO~ C EL TIC F ebruary 1 1 Engli sh e 18 F ruary . Irish , Gaelic , Welsh Manx reton b , B S LA VIC Gre at Russian Little R ussian ( Ukrainian ) P e n olish C z ch , Slovenia , S e C t rbian , roa ian, Bulgarian T E U T ON IC March S w e N w e e w e in dish , or gian , Ic land , S dish IX S C A N D IN A VIA N . Finnland X. D n D t a ish . u ch . Flemish ’ XI - . li an derin l S n II . g Fo k o g s , Baltic P ro n e n a vi c s , Fi nl nd , Hungarian Mountain -Songs XIII . G erm an D I VERSE RA C ES XIV. B alcan He rew , b N OR T H A M ER IC A N A i 29 pr l 3. g A merica P age T w o SC AN D IN AVIAN FOLK-M U SIC - the Scandinavian countries have a rich heritage of legends , folk lore and songs and e to on e of e e e nfrequen tly happens that songs b long ing th s nations , gains an qual he t e . ty in t o h rs - h e e folk music of Sw eden is more prolific than that of t e oth r Scandinavian countri s , iough Gustavus A dolphus gave an imp etus to the preservation of this music as long 163 1 it w as n ot until 1814 -15 that any systematic attempt w as made to pu lish a , b E. e e A . A . A fz elius w e e the t o m n ho n of this music . G . G ij r and r w e w made the e g of Sw e den accessible to musical scholars and lat r , J enny Lind and C hristine contributed to the fame of their native songs by introducing many of them to the audiences of Europe and A merica . r he - the e v n pa ed w ith t folk songs of oth r Scandina ian countries , w e find thos e of t more tender and melodious than hose of D enmark , less tragic and intense than those way and le ss monotonous than those of Finland . ’ ’ l . E t n pi ed from L C . lson s In roduction to Schirmer s Edition of 87 Songs of Sw eden ry little histori cal data in connection w ith the Sw edish and N orw egian songs is avail 'hich w ill explain the o mission of the foot-note s explaining the origin and purport of lividual e as is t h numb rs , cus omary in t e editing of these programs. O r a m Sc irm er. -12 20-25 are ta en from 87 Son s of Sw eden Edition G . Son s N o . 1 k g h g , - - - 8 10 12 22 24 arran ed b G . a ) . N o . 1 5 7 g y H gg ( , , , , an d 23 arran ed b M ax M er . D tt n d T erz etts N o . 11 12 17 19 g y ue s a , , z , S W E D I S H GERARD D U B ERT A m la da fria du f allho a N ord D u ga , , j g Son g of the N orth k R . D ybec ( 181 1—1877 ) - he du f allho a N O glorious old mountain c row n ed land of t D u amla du fria , j g ord , g , N t D u ty sta du gladj erika sktin a ! or h , e t ee . a ord Thou quiet, thou joyous land , I lov h J ag balsar dig van aste land upp j , t ee e t the e t an der . z : I hail h as fair s of lands on ar h , z : D in sol din himmel , dina g grona ] l , ’ e w ee the a I: Thy m ado s gr n , sun in h av u above thee ’ Thy throne is the m em r of gr eat days of tora y D u tron ar pa minnen fran forn s dar , yore , D a aradt ditt namm flog ofver jorden . Wh en all through the w orld thy name w as J a vet att du ar och du blir hvad du var . g , carried ; a do N e . : Ja a vill lefva, g vill i ord n I , j g j Thou art w hat thou w ast and thou shalt be e once mor , ’ ie In th ee I ll live and d , in thee be buri ed .