2. Tradition of the ballad in the history of Europe

2. Tradition of the ballad in the history of Europe

One of early certificates of a continuity of national song tradition in the history of Europe are served by work of the Roman historian Cornelius Thucydides "About an origin of Germans and location of Germany" (98 AD), recorded mythological, heroic and military songs at continental Germans. In the XIX century. Julien Tierso in basic research "History of a national song in France" (1889) brings numerous data