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THE MUSIC OF BOHEMIA
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pressors. What an astonishing richness of folkart came to life, when the first collections were published! It was a living encyclopedia of the people; for there are among the Czech folksongs—
- Religious and Patriotic Songs,
- Historical Songs,
- Songs about Nature and Animals,
- Seasonal Songs,
- Songs of Home: Parental love, Filial love, Cradle Songs,
- Love Songs,
- Peasant Songs,
- Workman Songs,
- Motion Songs : National Dances—Play Songs,
- Humorous and Nonsense Songs,
- Popular Philosophical Songs.
The Czech folk-songs are of a lively, rhythmical, dance-like character; often they are real dances.
1 An interesting analysis of folk-poetry may be found in the magazineAsia, for December, 1918, by L. Llewellyn: "The Singing Czechoslovaks."
