The Well-Tun’d WordThe Well Tun'd Word was first published in 1982. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The years 19571651 marked a period of high achievement in the history of song. In The Well Tun'd Word Elise Bickford Jorgens studies changing musical conventions of English song in relation to new patterns in poetic