A Song For Every Season: A Hundred Years Of A Sussex Farming Family
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Protective covering over dust jacket (removable)
For over a century, the rolling fields and ancient farmsteads of Sussex were alive with the sound of the Copper family's voices — a remarkable dynasty of working farmers who preserved an unbroken tradition of English folk song against the tide of a modernising world. A Song for Every Season is Bob Copper's rich, affectionate memoir chronicling four generations of his Sussex farming family, tracing their lives from the mid-nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth, weaving together oral history, folk tradition, and the rhythms of agricultural labour into a vivid tapestry of rural English life. Copper writes with the warmth and authority of a man who is both participant and witness, giving the book a rare authenticity that sets it apart from purely academic accounts of folk culture. The prose carries the cadence of the songs themselves — unhurried, rooted, and deeply felt — drawing the reader into a vanishing world of harvest suppers, sheep fairs, and parlour singing. A landmark work in the documentation of English folk music and rural heritage, it raises a profound question: what is lost when the last voice falls silent?
Author: Bob Copper
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Protective covering over dust jacket (removable)
For over a century, the rolling fields and ancient farmsteads of Sussex were alive with the sound of the Copper family's voices — a remarkable dynasty of working farmers who preserved an unbroken tradition of English folk song against the tide of a modernising world. A Song for Every Season is Bob Copper's rich, affectionate memoir chronicling four generations of his Sussex farming family, tracing their lives from the mid-nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth, weaving together oral history, folk tradition, and the rhythms of agricultural labour into a vivid tapestry of rural English life. Copper writes with the warmth and authority of a man who is both participant and witness, giving the book a rare authenticity that sets it apart from purely academic accounts of folk culture. The prose carries the cadence of the songs themselves — unhurried, rooted, and deeply felt — drawing the reader into a vanishing world of harvest suppers, sheep fairs, and parlour singing. A landmark work in the documentation of English folk music and rural heritage, it raises a profound question: what is lost when the last voice falls silent?