Folk Song Scholarship - Revision history

Chris Partington: added Traditional Song Forum

2024-07-27T12:43:20Z

added Traditional Song Forum

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	Other important works by Harker on aspects of song and music such as his outstanding edited works Songs from the Manuscript Collection of John Bell (1985) and Songs and Verse of the North-East Pitmen c.1780-1844 (1999) are not available on the internet but can be obtained second-hand from book dealers.		Other important works by Harker on aspects of song and music such as his outstanding edited works Songs from the Manuscript Collection of John Bell (1985) and Songs and Verse of the North-East Pitmen c.1780-1844 (1999) are not available on the internet but can be obtained second-hand from book dealers.


			Also see [https://tradsong.org/ The Traditional Song Forum]

			"This website is a gateway to a number of useful resources for those interested in researching or performing traditional folk songs."

Chris Partington: add Chappell

2024-07-27T12:13:53Z

add Chappell

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	* ''National Music'' [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], 1934, Oxford University Press		* ''National Music'' [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], 1934, Oxford University Press

			* ''Old English Popular Music'' 2 Volumes, by William Chappell, London, 1855-9

	* ''[[Sailortown]]'' [[Stan Hugill]], 1967, Routledge, Keegan Paul		* ''[[Sailortown]]'' [[Stan Hugill]], 1967, Routledge, Keegan Paul

Chris Partington: added Gutenberg link to English Song And Dance

2024-07-27T11:50:19Z

added Gutenberg link to English Song And Dance

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	* ''The Common Muse'' [[V. de Sola Pinto and A.E. Rodway]], An Anthology of Popular British ballad poetry from the 15th century to the 20th century. Chatto and Windus 1957 also Penguin 1965. Lots of interesting material but no tunes.		* ''The Common Muse'' [[V. de Sola Pinto and A.E. Rodway]], An Anthology of Popular British ballad poetry from the 15th century to the 20th century. Chatto and Windus 1957 also Penguin 1965. Lots of interesting material but no tunes.

	* ''English Folk Song and Dance'', [[Frank Kidson]] and [[Mary Neal]], 1915, Cambridge University Press (Reprint 1972 - EP Publishing)		* ''English Folk Song and Dance'', [[Frank Kidson]] and [[Mary Neal]], 1915, Cambridge University Press (Reprint 1972 - EP Publishing), [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64536 Facsimile]

	* ''English Folk Song Some Conclusions'' [[Cecil Sharp]], 1907, Simpkin and Co, Novello and Co. This was first published in 1907 and was written at a time when few people were aware of the wealth of folk music that England possessed. By that time Sharp had been collecting for four years and noted 1,500 tunes mostly from Somerset. There was a second edition in 1936 and a third revised edition in 1954. This was in effect a new edition by Maud Karpeles who makes a few modifications which she considers Sharp would have made with his later wider knowledge. There is an appreciation of Sharp by Ralph Vaughan Williams in this third edition. There was also a fourth edition (1965) and a reprint of the 1907 edition published by EP publishing (1972).<br />1st edition available online in various formats at http://www.archive.org/details/englishfolksongs00shar		* ''English Folk Song Some Conclusions'' [[Cecil Sharp]], 1907, Simpkin and Co, Novello and Co. This was first published in 1907 and was written at a time when few people were aware of the wealth of folk music that England possessed. By that time Sharp had been collecting for four years and noted 1,500 tunes mostly from Somerset. There was a second edition in 1936 and a third revised edition in 1954. This was in effect a new edition by Maud Karpeles who makes a few modifications which she considers Sharp would have made with his later wider knowledge. There is an appreciation of Sharp by Ralph Vaughan Williams in this third edition. There was also a fourth edition (1965) and a reprint of the 1907 edition published by EP publishing (1972).<br />1st edition available online in various formats at http://www.archive.org/details/englishfolksongs00shar

Chris Partington: Added Boyes and Gregory

2024-02-07T21:04:04Z

Added Boyes and Gregory

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			* ''The British Folk Scene - Musical Performance and Social Identity'', Niall MacKinnon, 1993, Open University Press

			* ''The Common Muse'' [[V. de Sola Pinto and A.E. Rodway]], An Anthology of Popular British ballad poetry from the 15th century to the 20th century. Chatto and Windus 1957 also Penguin 1965. Lots of interesting material but no tunes.

			* ''English Folk Song and Dance'', [[Frank Kidson]] and [[Mary Neal]], 1915, Cambridge University Press (Reprint 1972 - EP Publishing)

	* ''English Folk Song Some Conclusions'' [[Cecil Sharp]], 1907, Simpkin and Co, Novello and Co. This was first published in 1907 and was written at a time when few people were aware of the wealth of folk music that England possessed. By that time Sharp had been collecting for four years and noted 1,500 tunes mostly from Somerset. There was a second edition in 1936 and a third revised edition in 1954. This was in effect a new edition by Maud Karpeles who makes a few modifications which she considers Sharp would have made with his later wider knowledge. There is an appreciation of Sharp by Ralph Vaughan Williams in this third edition. There was also a fourth edition (1965) and a reprint of the 1907 edition published by EP publishing (1972).<br />1st edition available online in various formats at http://www.archive.org/details/englishfolksongs00shar		* ''English Folk Song Some Conclusions'' [[Cecil Sharp]], 1907, Simpkin and Co, Novello and Co. This was first published in 1907 and was written at a time when few people were aware of the wealth of folk music that England possessed. By that time Sharp had been collecting for four years and noted 1,500 tunes mostly from Somerset. There was a second edition in 1936 and a third revised edition in 1954. This was in effect a new edition by Maud Karpeles who makes a few modifications which she considers Sharp would have made with his later wider knowledge. There is an appreciation of Sharp by Ralph Vaughan Williams in this third edition. There was also a fourth edition (1965) and a reprint of the 1907 edition published by EP publishing (1972).<br />1st edition available online in various formats at http://www.archive.org/details/englishfolksongs00shar

	* ''~~English Folk Song and Dance~~'', [[~~Frank Kidson~~]] ~~and~~ [[~~Mary Neal~~]], ~~1915~~, ~~Cambridge University Press~~ (~~Reprint 1972 - EP Publishing~~)		* ''Fakesong in an Imagined Village? A Critique of the Harker-Boyes Thesis'' David Gregory, Athabasca University [https://www.canfolkmusic.ca/index.php/cfmb/article/viewFile/241/235?fbclid=IwAR1WfOUjdVvG7f4GK9mZs7VzY1--vHEpLaNRZj-2bovxsEwkUpaYG9MJbA4 PDF]

			* ''[[Folk Song in England]]'', [[A. L. Lloyd]], 1967, Lawrence & Wishart (then Paladin)

			* '' The Imagined Village: Culture, Ideology and the English Folk Revival''.Boyes, Georgina. Manchester: Manchester U.P., 1993.

	* ''National Music'' [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], 1934, Oxford University Press		* ''National Music'' [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], 1934, Oxford University Press

	* ''The Common Muse'' [[V. de Sola Pinto and A.E. Rodway]], An Anthology of Popular British ballad poetry from the 15th century to the 20th century. Chatto and Windus 1957 also Penguin 1965. Lots of interesting material but no tunes.

	* ''[[Sailortown]]'' [[Stan Hugill]], 1967, Routledge, Keegan Paul		* ''[[Sailortown]]'' [[Stan Hugill]], 1967, Routledge, Keegan Paul

	* ''[[Folk Song in England]]'', [[A. L. Lloyd]], 1967, Lawrence & Wishart (then Paladin)

	* ''The Sound of History - Songs & Social Comment'', Roy Palmer, 1988, Oxford University Press		* ''The Sound of History - Songs & Social Comment'', Roy Palmer, 1988, Oxford University Press

	* ''The ~~British~~ Folk ~~Scene~~ - ~~Musical Performance and Social Identity~~'', ~~Niall MacKinnon~~, ~~1993~~, ~~Open University~~ Press		* ''Victorian Songhunters: The Recovery and Editing of English Vernacular Ballads and Folk Lyrics 1820-1883'', E David Gregory, 2006, Scarecrow Press (Published in USA). Paperback edition only.

	* ''Victorian Songhunters: The Recovery and Editing of English Vernacular Ballads and Folk Lyrics 1820-1883'', E David Gregory, 2006, Scarecrow Press (Published in USA). Paperback edition only.

	* Vic Gammon. This downloadable PDF guide gives links and descriptions for the material that the folk song scholar Vic Gammon has placed on the Internet Archive and, additionally, other material of his that is available on the Internet.		* Vic Gammon. This downloadable PDF guide gives links and descriptions for the material that the folk song scholar Vic Gammon has placed on the Internet Archive and, additionally, other material of his that is available on the Internet.
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	There are also more than 100 papers by Vic Gammon posted on the Academia website here [[https://newcastle.academia.edu/VicGammon]].		There are also more than 100 papers by Vic Gammon posted on the Academia website here [[https://newcastle.academia.edu/VicGammon]].


	* Dave Harker. Dave Harker’s Books on North East Music and Song now online.		* Dave Harker. Dave Harker’s Books on North East Music and Song now online.

Lewis Jones at 22:30, 8 January 2024

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	His earlier book on popular music One for the Money (1980) has also been online for some time:		His earlier book on popular music One for the Money (1980) has also been online for some time:
	https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/writers/harker/~~One_for_the_Money~~.pdf		https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/writers/harker/One%20for%20the%20Money.pdf

	Other important works by Harker on aspects of song and music such as his outstanding edited works Songs from the Manuscript Collection of John Bell (1985) and Songs and Verse of the North-East Pitmen c.1780-1844 (1999) are not available on the internet but can be obtained second-hand from book dealers.		Other important works by Harker on aspects of song and music such as his outstanding edited works Songs from the Manuscript Collection of John Bell (1985) and Songs and Verse of the North-East Pitmen c.1780-1844 (1999) are not available on the internet but can be obtained second-hand from book dealers.

Lewis Jones at 22:28, 8 January 2024

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	His earlier book on popular music One for the Money (1980) has also been online for some time:		His earlier book on popular music One for the Money (1980) has also been online for some time:
	https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/writers/harker/~~One for the Money~~.pdf		https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/writers/harker/One_for_the_Money.pdf

	Other important works by Harker on aspects of song and music such as his outstanding edited works Songs from the Manuscript Collection of John Bell (1985) and Songs and Verse of the North-East Pitmen c.1780-1844 (1999) are not available on the internet but can be obtained second-hand from book dealers.		Other important works by Harker on aspects of song and music such as his outstanding edited works Songs from the Manuscript Collection of John Bell (1985) and Songs and Verse of the North-East Pitmen c.1780-1844 (1999) are not available on the internet but can be obtained second-hand from book dealers.

Lewis Jones at 22:26, 8 January 2024

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	There are also more than 100 papers by Vic Gammon posted on the Academia website here [[https://newcastle.academia.edu/VicGammon]].		There are also more than 100 papers by Vic Gammon posted on the Academia website here [[https://newcastle.academia.edu/VicGammon]].

			* Dave Harker. Dave Harker’s Books on North East Music and Song now online.

			Six volumes of Dave Harker’s books on North East music and song, published since 2012 and richly illustrated and contextualised, are now available online. You can read and refer to them online or download them as pdfs or other forms of electronic documents.

			Specifically, the books are:

			Gannin’ to Blaydon Races: The Life and Times of George Ridley (2012)
			https://archive.org/details/ridley-2012/page/183/mode/2up

			Cat-Gut Jim the Fiddler: Ned Corvan's Life and Songs (2017)
			https://archive.org/details/cat-gut-jim-corvan-2017

			The Gallowgate Lad: Joe Wilson’s Life and Songs (2017)
			https://archive.org/details/gallowgate-lad-wilson-2017-copy

			Billy Purvis: The First Professional Geordie (2018)
			https://archive.org/details/purvis-2018

			Tyneside Song From Blind Willie to Bobby Nunn (2019)
			https://archive.org/details/tyneside-song-blind-willie-to-nunn-2019

			The Northern Minstrels: From Richard Whirlepipyn to James Allan (2020)
			https://archive.org/details/northern-minstrels-2020

			Harker’s book, Fakesong (1985) ‘… which covers the period from c. 1700 to the 1980s, is both historical and critical and has given rise to substantial debate’, has been available for some time from the same source.
			https://archive.org/details/FakesongD.Harker/page/n7/mode/2up

			His earlier book on popular music One for the Money (1980) has also been online for some time:
			https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/writers/harker/One for the Money.pdf

			Other important works by Harker on aspects of song and music such as his outstanding edited works Songs from the Manuscript Collection of John Bell (1985) and Songs and Verse of the North-East Pitmen c.1780-1844 (1999) are not available on the internet but can be obtained second-hand from book dealers.

Lewis Jones at 19:45, 5 August 2023

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	* ''Victorian Songhunters: The Recovery and Editing of English Vernacular Ballads and Folk Lyrics 1820-1883'', E David Gregory, 2006, Scarecrow Press (Published in USA). Paperback edition only.		* ''Victorian Songhunters: The Recovery and Editing of English Vernacular Ballads and Folk Lyrics 1820-1883'', E David Gregory, 2006, Scarecrow Press (Published in USA). Paperback edition only.

	* Vic Gammon. This downloadable PDF guide gives links and descriptions for the material that the folk song scholar Vic Gammon has placed on the Internet Archive		* Vic Gammon. This downloadable PDF guide gives links and descriptions for the material that the folk song scholar Vic Gammon has placed on the Internet Archive and, additionally, other material of his that is available on the Internet.
	and, additionally, other material of his that is available on the Internet.

	[[https://archive.org/details/vic-gammon-audio-archive-guide]] or		[[https://archive.org/details/vic-gammon-audio-archive-guide]] or

Lewis Jones at 19:44, 5 August 2023

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	* ''Victorian Songhunters: The Recovery and Editing of English Vernacular Ballads and Folk Lyrics 1820-1883'', E David Gregory, 2006, Scarecrow Press (Published in USA). Paperback edition only.		* ''Victorian Songhunters: The Recovery and Editing of English Vernacular Ballads and Folk Lyrics 1820-1883'', E David Gregory, 2006, Scarecrow Press (Published in USA). Paperback edition only.

	* Vic Gammon. There are more than 100 papers by ~~the folk song scholar~~ Vic Gammon posted on the Academia website here [[https://newcastle.academia.edu/VicGammon]].		* Vic Gammon. This downloadable PDF guide gives links and descriptions for the material that the folk song scholar Vic Gammon has placed on the Internet Archive
			and, additionally, other material of his that is available on the Internet.

			[[https://archive.org/details/vic-gammon-audio-archive-guide]] or
			[[https://www.academia.edu/105017979/Vic_Gammon_Audio_Archive_Guide]]

			There are also more than 100 papers by Vic Gammon posted on the Academia website here [[https://newcastle.academia.edu/VicGammon]].

Lewis Jones at 18:16, 8 August 2021

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	* ''Victorian Songhunters: The Recovery and Editing of English Vernacular Ballads and Folk Lyrics 1820-1883'', E David Gregory, 2006, Scarecrow Press (Published in USA). Paperback edition only.		* ''Victorian Songhunters: The Recovery and Editing of English Vernacular Ballads and Folk Lyrics 1820-1883'', E David Gregory, 2006, Scarecrow Press (Published in USA). Paperback edition only.

			* Vic Gammon. There are more than 100 papers by the folk song scholar Vic Gammon posted on the Academia website here [[https://newcastle.academia.edu/VicGammon]].