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	Baring-Gould has been criticised for his bowdlerisation - indeed, in some cases, rewriting - of many of the songs that he collected. It is worth remembering that he was working with a mainstream publisher [[Methuen]] for a primarily middle class audience. Inclusion of some of the sexually explicit material was not an option.		Baring-Gould has been criticised for his bowdlerisation - indeed, in some cases, rewriting - of many of the songs that he collected. It is worth remembering that he was working with a mainstream publisher [[Methuen]] for a primarily middle class audience. Inclusion of some of the sexually explicit material was not an option.

	As a collector of songs directly from the mouths of singers he was preceded in England only by [[John Broadwood]] whose ''Sussex Songs'' was published for private circulation in 1843. Baring-Gould and Sheppard's folk song publications came before those of [[W.A. Barrett]] (1891), [[Frank Kidson]] (1891), [[John Stokoe]] (1892), and [[Lucy Broadwood]] & [[J.A. Fuller Maitland]] (1893). Between 1903 and 1907 Sharp visited Baring-Gould on a number of occasions, at first to seek his advice on folk song collecting, and then to collaborate on the revision of ''Songs of the West' (1905) and on the production of ''English Folk Songs for Schools'' (1906). Baring-Gould was the first collector to provide detailed notes on the origin of the songs he collected and to document the people form whom he had heard the songs. He also corresponded with [[Francis Child]] and provided a number of ballads for inclusion in Child's ''The English and Scottish Popular Ballads]]		As a collector of songs directly from the mouths of singers he was preceded in England only by [[Broadwood, John\|John Broadwood]] whose ''Sussex Songs'' was published for private circulation in 1843. Baring-Gould and Sheppard's folk song publications came before those of [[Barrett W.A\|W.A. Barrett]] (1891), [[Frank Kidson]] (1891), [[John Stokoe]] (1892), and [[Lucy Broadwood]] & [[J.A. Fuller Maitland]] (1893). Between 1903 and 1907 Sharp visited Baring-Gould on a number of occasions, at first to seek his advice on folk song collecting, and then to collaborate on the revision of ''Songs of the West' (1905) and on the production of ''English Folk Songs for Schools'' (1906). Baring-Gould was the first collector to provide detailed notes on the origin of the songs he collected and to document the people form whom he had heard the songs. He also corresponded with [[Francis Child]] and provided a number of ballads for inclusion in Child's ''The English and Scottish Popular Ballads]]

	Recognising the interest that future generations might have in the songs that he collected, in the form in which they were collected, Baring-Gould left a considerable collection of his notebooks and fair copies as well as other material which is proving of great value in undersytanding his life and work better.		Recognising the interest that future generations might have in the songs that he collected, in the form in which they were collected, Baring-Gould left a considerable collection of his notebooks and fair copies as well as other material which is proving of great value in undersytanding his life and work better.

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	[http://www.sbgas.org The website of the Sabine Baring-Gould Appreciation Society] Contains a growing collection of articles about Baring-Gould from the Society's newsletter, reflecting the broader sweep of his life.		[http://www.sbgas.org The website of the Sabine Baring-Gould Appreciation Society] Contains a growing collection of articles about Baring-Gould from the Society's newsletter, reflecting the broader sweep of his life.

			[http://www.devontradition.org The Devon Tradition Project] Website for the project which is working to digitise the Baring-Gould song archives and place copies on-line

	== References ==		== References ==

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	'''Sabine Baring-Gould''', Squire, Parson, Hagiographer, Antiquarian, Philologist, Archaeologist, Architect, Writer, Folklorist and Song Collector. Born Exeter, 28 Jan 1834; died Lewtrenchard, Devon, 2 Jan 1924.		'''Sabine Baring-Gould''', Squire, Parson, Hagiographer, Antiquarian, Philologist, Archaeologist, Architect, Writer, Folklorist and Song Collector. Born Exeter, 28 Jan 1834; died Lewtrenchard, Devon, 2 Jan 1924.

	Essentially self taught, Baring-Gould managed to scrape through a degree at Cambridge, After several years as a teacher at St. Johns College, Hurstpierpoint Baring-Gould was ordained in 1864. On his father’s death in 1872 he inherited the family estates at Lewtrenchard, where he became rector in 1881, ~~wher he became~~ Squire and ~~served~~ as a Justice of the Peace. He travelled widely and wrote extensively on both theological and more general topics.		Essentially self taught, Baring-Gould managed to scrape through a degree at Cambridge. After several years as a teacher at St. Johns College, Hurstpierpoint, Baring-Gould was ordained in 1864. On his father’s death in 1872 he inherited the family estates at Lewtrenchard, where he became rector in 1881, as well as becoming the Squire and serving as a Justice of the Peace. He travelled widely and wrote extensively on both theological and more general topics.

	He was the author of the words of many well-known hymns, Onward, Christian Soldiers being the best known example.		He was the author of the words of many well-known hymns, Onward, Christian Soldiers being the best known example.

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	'''Sabine Baring-Gould''', ~~English clergyman~~, ~~folksong collector~~, ~~novelist~~ and ~~writer~~. Born Exeter, 28 Jan 1834; died Lewtrenchard, Devon, 2 Jan 1924.		'''Sabine Baring-Gould''', Squire, Parson, Hagiographer, Antiquarian, Philologist, Archaeologist, Architect, Writer, Folklorist and Song Collector. Born Exeter, 28 Jan 1834; died Lewtrenchard, Devon, 2 Jan 1924.

	Essentially ~~an autodidact~~, Baring-Gould managed to scrape through a degree at Cambridge, After several years as a teacher at St. Johns College, Hurstpierpoint Baring-Gould was ordained in 1864. On his father’s death in 1872 he inherited the family estates at Lewtrenchard, where he became rector in 1881, and served as a Justice of the Peace. He travelled widely and wrote extensively on both theological and more general topics.		Essentially self taught, Baring-Gould managed to scrape through a degree at Cambridge, After several years as a teacher at St. Johns College, Hurstpierpoint Baring-Gould was ordained in 1864. On his father’s death in 1872 he inherited the family estates at Lewtrenchard, where he became rector in 1881, wher he became Squire and served as a Justice of the Peace. He travelled widely and wrote extensively on both theological and more general topics.

	He was the author of the words of many well-known hymns, Onward, Christian Soldiers being the best known example.		He was the author of the words of many well-known hymns, Onward, Christian Soldiers being the best known example.

	Baring-Gould was also a pioneer in the collection of English folksong: between 1888 and 1891 he published 110 songs, transcribed from performances by singers in [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]], as ''Songs and Ballads of the West''. This collection was made jointly with the Rev. H.F. Sheppard, the Rector of Thurnscoe in Yorkshire and Dr. Frederick Bussell, later to become Vice-Principal at Brasenose College, Oxford. Baring-Gould and Sheppard collaborated ~~also~~ on ''A Garland of Country Song'' (1895) and ''English Minstrelsie'' (1895–6). For the 1905 revision of ''Songs of the West'' [[Cecil Sharp]] replaced Sheppard as Musical Editor,		Baring-Gould was also a pioneer in the collection of English folksong: between 1888 and 1891 he published 110 songs, transcribed from performances by singers in [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]], as ''Songs and Ballads of the West''. This collection was made jointly with the Rev. H.Fleetwood Sheppard, the Rector of Thurnscoe in Yorkshire and Dr. Frederick Bussell, later to become Vice-Principal at Brasenose College, Oxford. Baring-Gould and Sheppard also collaborated on ''A Garland of Country Song'' (1895) and ''English Minstrelsie'' (1895–6). For the 1905 revision of ''Songs of the West'' [[Cecil Sharp]] replaced Sheppard as Musical Editor,

	Baring-Gould has been criticised for his bowdlerisation - indeed, in some cases, rewriting - of many of the songs that he collected. It is worth remembering that he was ~~publishing~~ with a mainstream publisher [[Methuen]] for a primarily middle class audience. Inclusion of some of the sexually explicit material was not an option.		Baring-Gould has been criticised for his bowdlerisation - indeed, in some cases, rewriting - of many of the songs that he collected. It is worth remembering that he was working with a mainstream publisher [[Methuen]] for a primarily middle class audience. Inclusion of some of the sexually explicit material was not an option.

	As a collector of songs from the mouths of singers he was preceded in England only by [[John Broadwood]] whose ''Sussex Songs'' was published for private circulation in 1843. Baring-Gould and Sheppard's folk song publications ~~preceded~~ those of [[W.A. Barrett]] (1891), [[Frank Kidson]] (1891), [[John Stokoe]] (1892), and [[Lucy Broadwood]] & [[J.A. Fuller Maitland]] (1893). Between 1903 and 1907 Sharp visited ~~baring~~-Gould on a number of occasions, at first to seek his advice on folk song collecting, and then to collaborate on the ~~Revision~~ of ''Songs of the West' and ~~then~~ on the production of ''English Folk Songs for Schools'' (1906).		As a collector of songs directly from the mouths of singers he was preceded in England only by [[John Broadwood]] whose ''Sussex Songs'' was published for private circulation in 1843. Baring-Gould and Sheppard's folk song publications came before those of [[W.A. Barrett]] (1891), [[Frank Kidson]] (1891), [[John Stokoe]] (1892), and [[Lucy Broadwood]] & [[J.A. Fuller Maitland]] (1893). Between 1903 and 1907 Sharp visited Baring-Gould on a number of occasions, at first to seek his advice on folk song collecting, and then to collaborate on the revision of ''Songs of the West' (1905) and on the production of ''English Folk Songs for Schools'' (1906). Baring-Gould was the first collector to provide detailed notes on the origin of the songs he collected and to document the people form whom he had heard the songs. He also corresponded with [[Francis Child]] and provided a number of ballads for inclusion in Child's ''The English and Scottish Popular Ballads]]

			Recognising the interest that future generations might have in the songs that he collected, in the form in which they were collected, Baring-Gould left a considerable collection of his notebooks and fair copies as well as other material which is proving of great value in undersytanding his life and work better.

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	Bernarr Rainbow: 'Baring-Gould, Sabine', [[Grove Music Online]] ed. L. Macy, http://www.grovemusic.com		Bernarr Rainbow: 'Baring-Gould, Sabine', [[Grove Music Online]] ed. L. Macy, http://www.grovemusic.com

			Martin Graebe: 'Devon by Dog Cart and Bicycle: The Folk Song Collaboration of Sabine Baring-Gould and Cecil Sharp, 1904-17', Folk Music Journal, Vol. 9 No. 3 (2008), p. 292-348

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	'''Sabine Baring-Gould''', English clergyman, folksong collector, novelist and writer. Born Exeter, 28 Jan 1834; died Lewtrenchard, Devon, 2 Jan 1924.		'''Sabine Baring-Gould''', English clergyman, folksong collector, novelist and writer. Born Exeter, 28 Jan 1834; died Lewtrenchard, Devon, 2 Jan 1924.

	~~Educated~~ at Cambridge, Baring-Gould was ordained in 1864. On his father’s death in 1872 he inherited the family estates at Lewtrenchard, where he became rector in 1881, and served as a Justice of the Peace. He travelled widely and wrote extensively on both theological and more general topics.		Essentially an autodidact, Baring-Gould managed to scrape through a degree at Cambridge, After several years as a teacher at St. Johns College, Hurstpierpoint Baring-Gould was ordained in 1864. On his father’s death in 1872 he inherited the family estates at Lewtrenchard, where he became rector in 1881, and served as a Justice of the Peace. He travelled widely and wrote extensively on both theological and more general topics.

	He was the author of the words of many well-known hymns, Onward, Christian Soldiers being the best known example.		He was the author of the words of many well-known hymns, Onward, Christian Soldiers being the best known example.

	Baring-Gould was also a pioneer in the collection of English folksong: between 1888 and 1891 he published 110 songs, transcribed from performances by singers in [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]], as ''Songs and Ballads of the West''. This collection was made jointly with the Rev. H.F. Sheppard, ~~sub~~-~~dean of the Savoy Chapel~~. ~~The two men~~ collaborated also on ''A Garland of Country Song'' (1895) and ''English Minstrelsie'' (1895–6).		Baring-Gould was also a pioneer in the collection of English folksong: between 1888 and 1891 he published 110 songs, transcribed from performances by singers in [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]], as ''Songs and Ballads of the West''. This collection was made jointly with the Rev. H.F. Sheppard, the Rector of Thurnscoe in Yorkshire and Dr. Frederick Bussell, later to become Vice-Principal at Brasenose College, Oxford. Baring-Gould and Sheppard collaborated also on ''A Garland of Country Song'' (1895) and ''English Minstrelsie'' (1895–6). For the 1905 revision of ''Songs of the West'' [[Cecil Sharp]] replaced Sheppard as Musical Editor,

	~~Although~~ Baring-Gould has been criticised for his bowdlerisation - indeed, in some cases, rewriting - of many of the songs that he collected~~, it~~ is worth remembering that ~~as a collector~~ he was ~~preceded in England only by~~ [[~~John Broadwood\|John~~]] ~~and [[Lucy Broadwood]]’s ''Sussex Songs'' (1843, 1888)~~. ~~Baring-Gould and Sheppard's publications came several years earlier than the folksong collections~~ of ~~[[W.A. Barrett]], [[Frank Kidson]], [[John Stokoe]] and [[J.A. Fuller Maitland]]. [[Cecil Sharp]]’s revision of ''Songs and Ballads~~ of the ~~West'' (1905) reflects the influence of Baring-Gould’s early work on Sharp’s own choice of collecting ground~~.		Baring-Gould has been criticised for his bowdlerisation - indeed, in some cases, rewriting - of many of the songs that he collected. It is worth remembering that he was publishing with a mainstream publisher [[Methuen]] for a primarily middle class audience. Inclusion of some of the sexually explicit material was not an option.

			As a collector of songs from the mouths of singers he was preceded in England only by [[John Broadwood]] whose ''Sussex Songs'' was published for private circulation in 1843. Baring-Gould and Sheppard's folk song publications preceded those of [[W.A. Barrett]] (1891), [[Frank Kidson]] (1891), [[John Stokoe]] (1892), and [[Lucy Broadwood]] & [[J.A. Fuller Maitland]] (1893). Between 1903 and 1907 Sharp visited baring-Gould on a number of occasions, at first to seek his advice on folk song collecting, and then to collaborate on the Revision of ''Songs of the West' and then on the production of ''English Folk Songs for Schools'' (1906).

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	Brenda Colloms, ‘Gould, Sabine Baring- (1834–1924)’, [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30587		Brenda Colloms, ‘Gould, Sabine Baring- (1834–1924)’, [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30587

	~~Bernard~~ Rainbow: 'Baring-Gould, Sabine', [[Grove Music Online]] ed. L. Macy, http://www.grovemusic.com		Bernarr Rainbow: 'Baring-Gould, Sabine', [[Grove Music Online]] ed. L. Macy, http://www.grovemusic.com

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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	[http://www.sbgsongs.org/ Sabine Baring-Gould and the folk songs of South-West England] - site maintained by [[Martin Graebe]]. This site has been completely rebuilt and will continue to be worked on to add further material in the coming months.		[http://www.sbgsongs.org/ 'Songs of the West' Sabine Baring-Gould and the folk songs of South-West England] - site maintained by [[Martin Graebe]]. This site has been completely rebuilt and will continue to be worked on to add further material in the coming months.

	[http://folk-network.com/miscellany/baring_gould/baring-gould.html Essay on English Folk-Music] - from volume VII of Baring-Gould's ''English Minstrelsie: a National Monument of English Song''.		[http://folk-network.com/miscellany/baring_gould/baring-gould.html Essay on English Folk-Music] - from volume VII of Baring-Gould's ''English Minstrelsie: a National Monument of English Song''.
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	Brenda Colloms, ‘Gould, Sabine Baring- (1834–1924)’, [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30587		Brenda Colloms, ‘Gould, Sabine Baring- (1834–1924)’, [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30587

	~~Bernarr~~ Rainbow: 'Baring-Gould, Sabine', [[Grove Music Online]] ed. L. Macy, http://www.grovemusic.com		Bernard Rainbow: 'Baring-Gould, Sabine', [[Grove Music Online]] ed. L. Macy, http://www.grovemusic.com

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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	[http://www.~~greenjack~~.~~btinternet.co.uk~~/ Sabine Baring-Gould and the folk songs of South-West England] - site maintained by [[Martin Graebe]]. ~~Overdue for updating (which is~~ in ~~hand) but still a useful source of information about Baring-Gould's song collecting activity~~		[http://www.sbgsongs.org/ Sabine Baring-Gould and the folk songs of South-West England] - site maintained by [[Martin Graebe]]. This site has been completely rebuilt and will continue to be worked on to add further material in the coming months.

	[http://folk-network.com/miscellany/baring_gould/baring-gould.html Essay on English Folk-Music] - from volume VII of Baring-Gould's ''English Minstrelsie: a National Monument of English Song''.		[http://folk-network.com/miscellany/baring_gould/baring-gould.html Essay on English Folk-Music] - from volume VII of Baring-Gould's ''English Minstrelsie: a National Monument of English Song''.
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	== Publications ==		== Publications ==

	Baring-Gould was an astonishingly prolific writer. His bibliographer, Roger Bristow, currently places the number of publications that he had to his name at more than 1,240. For a short list of his folk music books go to [http://www.~~greenjack~~.~~btinternet.co.uk/biblio.html A brief bibliography~~]		Baring-Gould was an astonishingly prolific writer. His bibliographer, Roger Bristow, currently places the number of publications that he had to his name at more than 1,240. For a short list of his folk music books go to [http://www.sbgsongs.org]

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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	[http://www.greenjack.btinternet.co.uk/ Sabine Baring-Gould and the folk songs of South-West England] - site maintained by [[Martin Graebe]]. Overdue for updating (which is in hand) but still a useful source of ~~ibformation~~ about Baring-Gould's song collecting activity		[http://www.greenjack.btinternet.co.uk/ Sabine Baring-Gould and the folk songs of South-West England] - site maintained by [[Martin Graebe]]. Overdue for updating (which is in hand) but still a useful source of information about Baring-Gould's song collecting activity

	[http://folk-network.com/miscellany/baring_gould/baring-gould.html Essay on English Folk-Music] - from volume VII of Baring-Gould's ''English Minstrelsie: a National Monument of English Song''.		[http://folk-network.com/miscellany/baring_gould/baring-gould.html Essay on English Folk-Music] - from volume VII of Baring-Gould's ''English Minstrelsie: a National Monument of English Song''.

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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	[http://www.greenjack.btinternet.co.uk/ Sabine Baring-Gould and the folk songs of South-West England] - site maintained by [[Martin Graebe]]. ~~Oversue~~ for updating (which is in hand) but still a useful source of ibformation about Baring-Gould's song collecting activity		[http://www.greenjack.btinternet.co.uk/ Sabine Baring-Gould and the folk songs of South-West England] - site maintained by [[Martin Graebe]]. Overdue for updating (which is in hand) but still a useful source of ibformation about Baring-Gould's song collecting activity

	[http://folk-network.com/miscellany/baring_gould/baring-gould.html Essay on English Folk-Music] - from volume VII of Baring-Gould's ''English Minstrelsie: a National Monument of English Song''.		[http://folk-network.com/miscellany/baring_gould/baring-gould.html Essay on English Folk-Music] - from volume VII of Baring-Gould's ''English Minstrelsie: a National Monument of English Song''.