Street cries
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Street cries are the short lyrical calls of merchant
s hawking their products and services in open-air market
s. The custom of hawking led many vendors to create custom melodic phrases. Many of these street cries were cataloged in large collections or incorporated into larger musical works, preserving them from oblivion.
Merchant
A merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others, in order to earn a profit.Merchants can be one of two types:# A wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant...
s hawking their products and services in open-air market
Market
A market is one of many varieties of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange. While parties may exchange goods and services by barter, most markets rely on sellers offering their goods or services in exchange for money from buyers...
s. The custom of hawking led many vendors to create custom melodic phrases. Many of these street cries were cataloged in large collections or incorporated into larger musical works, preserving them from oblivion.
Further reading
- "Plagues, Fairs, and Street Cries: Sounding out Society and Space in Early Modern London." by E Wilson — Modern Language Studies, 1995 Vol. 25, No. 3 (Summer, 1995), pp. 1–42 doi:10.2307/3195370 JSTOR
- Sounds of the city: the soundscape of early modern European towns" D Garrioch — Urban History, 2003 (2003), 30: 5–25 abstract
- Images of the outcast : the urban poor in the Cries of London by Sean Shesgreen New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2002. ISBN 0813531519
See also
- Hot Cross BunsHot Cross Buns"Hot Cross Buns" is an English language nursery rhyme, Easter song and street cry referring to the spiced English bun associated with Good Friday known as a Hot Cross Bun...
- Molly MaloneMolly Malone"Molly Malone" is a popular song, set in Dublin, Ireland, which has become the unofficial anthem of Dublin City....
- Cherry RipeCherry RipeCherry Ripe is an English song with words by the poet Robert Herrick , and music by Charles Edward Horn which contains the refrain,Cherry ripe, cherry ripe,Ripe I cry,Full and fair onesCome and buy.Cherry ripe, cherry ripe,...
- As I was going by Charing CrossAs I Was Going by Charing CrossAs I Was Going By Charing Cross is an English language nursery rhyme, sometimes referred to as As I was going to Charing Cross. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20564.-Lyrics:Modern versions include:As I was going by Charing Cross,...
- Hawker (trade)Hawker (trade)A hawker is a vendor of merchandise that can be easily transported; the term is roughly synonymous with peddler or costermonger. In most places where the term is used, a hawker sells items or food that are native to the area...
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