Pan-Hispanic Ballad Project
Additional or Preliminary Searches
INDICES, LISTS AND VARIOUS SUB-CLASSIFICATIONS
Based on: I. The entire romancero tradition, or II. The ballad texts and publications available in the online archive
I. Indexes based on the entire Romancero tradition:
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CATALOG NUMBERS
Cross-reference the various catalog numbers used to identify any
ballad in commonly cited XIXth-XXth cent. catalogs (Primavera, Goyri,
Moñino, Armistead's CMP, Costa Fontes, Gonález, etc.).
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TITLES
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IGR # :
List of Hispanic ballads (ancient and modern), ordered by title or by their unique IGRH numbers.
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ALTERNATE TITLES :
List of other common titles for Hispanic ballads (ancient and modern), in all
languages of the tradition (including first verses), referenced to the standardized titles used in this project.
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PAN-EUROPEAN TITLES :
Alphabetical listing of Pan-European titles, cross-referenced to their Pan-Hispanic congeners.
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THEMATIC CATEGORIES :
Consult a list of ballads belonging to major thematic categories (Carolingian, of national historical
referent [sub-classified: Cid ballads, Trastámara period, period of the Catholic Kings, ...],
moriscos, biblical, classical, etc.).
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CONTAMINATIONS (Ballads that borrow narrative material) :
Identify modern historical ballads which borrow narrative/poetic material.
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CONTAMINATIONS (Ballads that lend narrative material): Identify modern historical ballads which lend narrative/poetic material to other ballads.
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PROTAGONISTS: Identify ballads with a common protagonist (those involving an historical or legendary figure).
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MOTIF : Indexs of Folk Motifs in the Pan-Hispanic Ballad. Enhanced, online
implementations of Harriet Goldberg's Stith Thompson-based Motif-Index of Folk Narratives in the Pan-Hispanic Romancero.
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Index I: Index of motifs linked to ballad texts that make use of them (motifs by category → ballads).
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Index II: Alphabetical list of motifs and the ballads that make use of them (individual motifs → ballads).
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Index III: Motifs present in any Hispanic ballad (ballads → motifs).
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PRINT SOURCE(S): Identify the documentary sources (romanceros, cancioneros and pliegos) of ballads
that appeared before the XVIIth century.
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JOURNAL ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS: Key to journal acronyms used in the Bibliography.
II. Indexes generated using only the versions of ballads currently available in this archive:
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BALLAD TITLE INDEX: Ballads currently available in the online database (unique titles list).
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BALLAD TITLE+METER INDEX: Ballads currently available online, using assonance as well as title to identify unique ballads.
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IGR NUMBERS: Ballads currently available online, ordered sequentially by their unique IGR numbers.
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THEMATIC CATEGORIES: Retrieve versions of ballads that correspond to certain major thematic categories (Carolingian ballads, ballads with national,
historical reference [subclassified: Cid ballads, Trastámara period, period of the Catholic Kings, etc.], biblical ballads, etc.).
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MOTIF INDEXES: Index of Folk Motifs in the Pan-Hispanic Ballad. See the Motifs section above. If the versions identified are in the ballad archive
of this project, they are available directly via the link to 'Textos' in Indexes I and II.
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FIRST VERSES: Alphabetical list of first verses of all ballad versions currently in the online database.
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LAST VERSES: Alphabetical list of last verses of all ballad versions currently in the online database
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REFRAINS: Alphabetical list of refrains (estribillos) used in the versions currently stored in the ballad archive.
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INVOCATIONS: Alphabetical list of invocations used in the versions currently stored in the ballad archive.
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COUNTRIES REPRESENTED: List of countries currently represented in the ballad database.
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SAMPLE TEXTS: Retrieve a single version of each ballad currently stored in the online archive. To view one or more versions of a
particular ballad, search instead using Title as a search criteria in the ballad text archive.
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BALLADS NOT PRESENT: Alphabetical list of ballads not yet represented in the online archive. The same list ordered by IGR
numbers.
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