Laura Alexandrine Smith
Laura Alexandrine Smith | |
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| Born | 1861 |
| Died | 1902 |
| Resting place | Hampstead, London |
| Occupation(s) | Ethnomusicologist, musician, folk song collector, journalist |
| Notable work | The Music of the Waters: A collection of the sailors' chanties, or working songs of the sea, of all maritime nations. Boatmen's, fishermen's, and rowing songs, and water legends |
Laura Alexandrine Smith (1861–1902) was an English musician, ethnomusicologist and one of the earliest collectors of sea shanties. Smith's The Music of the Waters, published in 1888, was possibly the first collection of sea shanties to include music as well as words.