by Joan Amades Gelats, Cónsol Mallofré Coca · Selecta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476670095
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«Les cent millors cançons de Nadal» is the Christmas songbook by Joan Amades Gelats and Cónsol Mallofré Coca, published by Selecta in paperback (208 pages).
The volume brings together a hundred Christmas songs from the Catalan popular songbook; in them, not-too-ancient lyrics coexist with archaic-sounding melodies that are generally of greater value than the texts. Some retain the grace, innocence and freshness of those still sung today.
Fourth edition, in the «Tresor Popular de Catalunya» collection. Published in Barcelona in 1998, in Catalan.
For those interested in Catalan folklore and popular culture, or in the traditional repertoire of Christmas festivities.
Joan Amades i Gelats was a Catalan ethnologist and folklorist. An autodidact, he worked at the historical archive of the city of Barcelona and at the Museum of Industry and Popular Arts of the same city. From 1956 onwards, he collaborated with UNESCO. He was also an important promoter of Esperanto and founded the Federació Esperantista Catalana. Perhaps the most important book in his large bibliography is Costumari Català, the main work for the study of Catalan popular culture.
