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==Traditional Singers== | ==Traditional Singers== | ||
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| + | * [[Alice Francombe]] | ||
| + | * [[Alice Penfold]] | ||
| + | * [[Archer Goode]] | ||
| + | * [[Biggun Smith]] | ||
| + | * [[Bill Dore]] | ||
| + | * [[Bill Porter]] | ||
| + | * [[Bill Whiting]] | ||
| + | * [[Bob Blake]] | ||
| + | * [[Bob Hart]] | ||
| + | * [[Charlie Bridger]] | ||
| + | * [[Chris Willett]] | ||
| + | * [[Cyril Philips]] | ||
| + | * [[Cyril Poacher]] | ||
| + | * [[Debbie & Pennie Davis]] | ||
| + | * [[Denny Smith]] | ||
| + | * [[Derby Smith]] | ||
| + | * [[Frank Hinchliffe]] | ||
| + | * [[Fred Jordan]] | ||
| + | * [[Freda Palmer]] | ||
| + | * [[George 'Pop' Maynard]] | ||
| + | * [[George Dunn]] | ||
| + | * [[George Fradley]] | ||
| + | * [[George Spicer]] | ||
| + | * [[George Townshend]] | ||
| + | * [[Harry Holman]] | ||
| + | * [[Harry Upton]] | ||
| + | * [[Ivor Hill]] | ||
| + | * [[Jack Arnoll]] | ||
| + | * [[Jack Goodban]] | ||
| + | * [[Jacquey Gabriel]] | ||
| + | * [[Jasper Smith]] | ||
| + | * [[Jim 'Brick' Harber]] | ||
| + | * [[Jim Wilson]] | ||
| + | * [[Joe Jones]] | ||
| + | * [[Johnny Doughty]] | ||
| + | * [[Lena Jones]] | ||
| + | * [[Levi Smith]] | ||
| + | * [[Minty Smith]] | ||
| + | * [[Ray Driscoll]] | ||
| + | * [[Sarah Porter]] | ||
| + | * [[Ted & Bet Porter]] | ||
| + | * [[Tom Newman]] | ||
| + | * [[Walter Pardon]] | ||
| + | * [[Wiggy Smith]] | ||
| + | * [[Wisdom Smith]] | ||
[[Singers by County]] | [[Singers by County]] | ||
Revision as of 11:51, 22 March 2007
Category Editor: Dr Vic Gammon
There are many thousands of songs. There are many song collections and many versions of the same song. Where to start looking? That's the problem.
Note. Our intention is not to restrict this initiative to English Song, but to use the present headings as a starting point to view whatever develops from wherever it comes.
Indexes
- The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library online index including
The site also gives you access to the Roud Index, compiled by Steve Roud.
'The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of 143,000+ references to songs that have been collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world.'
Traditional Singers
- Alice Francombe
- Alice Penfold
- Archer Goode
- Biggun Smith
- Bill Dore
- Bill Porter
- Bill Whiting
- Bob Blake
- Bob Hart
- Charlie Bridger
- Chris Willett
- Cyril Philips
- Cyril Poacher
- Debbie & Pennie Davis
- Denny Smith
- Derby Smith
- Frank Hinchliffe
- Fred Jordan
- Freda Palmer
- George 'Pop' Maynard
- George Dunn
- George Fradley
- George Spicer
- George Townshend
- Harry Holman
- Harry Upton
- Ivor Hill
- Jack Arnoll
- Jack Goodban
- Jacquey Gabriel
- Jasper Smith
- Jim 'Brick' Harber
- Jim Wilson
- Joe Jones
- Johnny Doughty
- Lena Jones
- Levi Smith
- Minty Smith
- Ray Driscoll
- Sarah Porter
- Ted & Bet Porter
- Tom Newman
- Walter Pardon
- Wiggy Smith
- Wisdom Smith
Books
Percy's Reliques of Ancient Poetry is described in Wikipedia See
The contents might well be catalogued here but in the meantime here's one song to be going on with - The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington
Old English Popular Music by William Chappell Ed. H.E.Wooldridge Additions by Frank Kidson
Recordings
Commercially Available Recordings
Currently available or deleted
Performance
section editor Chris Coe
This is a tricky section to think of including. One doesn't always associate folk song and 'performance' but some of the techniques applied by the traditional singers can bear scrutiny, especially by those who want to sing the same sort of songs.
The intimate fireside delivery of Walter Pardon.......
Lizzie Higgins taking a deep breath, expanding to be a 'giant' and setting forth..........
Johnny Doughty turning his cap sideways and singing the Herring's Head.....
And any one who has seen Jock Duncan perform the Two Sisters will have a vivid understanding of song delivery with gestures....
Watch this space.
--JohnnyAdams 22:46, 14 March 2007 (UTC)