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• George Dunn
  ...inging; in the fields, at home, in the pubs - hymns, operatic arias, music hall items, and above all, the traditional songs learned from his father (who wa
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• Child 15/16 Comment
  ...., Poems from Panmure House (Cambridge 1960), pp 13-19 as written into his Music Commonplace Book by Robert Edwards in Fife about 1630. To royal feasting in the hall,
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• Ray Andrews
  From an early age Ray heard music, since his father played tenor and G banjo, mandolin, concertina, mouth org ...‘folk revival’ and/or rock music.  But it could be argued that Ray’s music was more ‘connected’ to the local community than much of the folk club
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• Northumberland
  ...broadside and chapbook collection outside the capital, and Tyneside music hall. It is known for shanties and keelmen songs and those magnificent creations ...rticle on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Northumbria Northumbrian Music]
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• Scan Tester
  After Scan married, his music became a popular part of Sussex life with the formation of his own band com ...lso guested at the [[Keele Folk Festival]] - forerunner of [[National Folk Music Festival|The National Festival]], and was an occasional visitor to numerous
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• Concertina
  of the drawing room and into the world of popular music. It became popular with music hall performers, several of whom, such as Percy Honri (who billed himself as "A
  5 KB (841 words) - 11:29, 18 April 2009
• The Voice of the People
  The Voice Of The People: The Traditional Music Of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales Series Editor: [[Reg Hall]].
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• Peter Kennedy
  Kennedy was one of the presenters of the BBC folk music programme ''As I Roved Out'', broadcast during the 1950s, which featured fi ...Society also includes Peter's collection of commercial recordings of folk music comprising c.3,000 78rpm records, 3,000 LPs, 500 CDs/DVDs, 50 HMV test pres
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• Regional
  ...eshead it runs a variety of projects and has links with the degree in folk music at Newcastle University. [http://www.thesagegateshead.org/folkworks/index.a ...in every school in the region should have the chance to learn traditional music, song and dance.'' [http://www.folk-now.co.uk/yfa/ web site]
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• Books, Articles, and Academic Studies - Music
  There are a small number of studies of vernacular instrumental music. These include books, articles, and academic theses, which I will add as I Bearman, C.J.; ''The English Folk Music Movement 1898-1914'' part of Doctoral Thesis. [https://core.ac.uk/download/
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• Alfred Williams
  ...e, and enrolled on an English Literature correspondence course with Ruskin Hall, Oxford, in 1900. He began writing and several volumes of his poetry were p *Clissold, Ivor. ‘Alfred Williams, Song Collector’, ''[[Folk Music Journal|FMJ]]'' 1 (1969), pp293-300.<br />''A brief account of the self-sty
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• George Spicer
  George had a vast store of songs ranging from music hall tearjerkers to classic traditional ballads.&nbsp; Many he learnt from his p George Frampton ''"I don't know if this is actually a folk song" The Life and Music of George Spicer (1906-1981)''
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• Leader Records
  '''Leader Records''' was a British folk music label, started by [[Bill Leader]]. Between 1969 and 1978, Leader released m ...d company which then went into receivership. Subsequently sold to [[Celtic Music]], the vast majority of Leader records have remained unobtainable since the
  9 KB (1,144 words) - 18:13, 4 February 2016
• Folk-Song Society
  ...d their back on folk song in favour of the commercial product of the Music Hall. Soon the radio, gramophone and cinema would follow. The generation who rem
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• Nelson
  ...t travelled very far. By then you see, there was no broadside trade, music hall was on the wane, and most people by now had lost interest in the subject.
  5 KB (799 words) - 10:22, 28 December 2007
• Cecil Sharp's Note 87 (1916)
  Chappell (''Popular Music of the Olden Time'', volume ii, pp. 642 and 678) gives two versions of this ...Royal, and was buried at Kingston. His portrait is, or was, in the Painted Hall, Greenwich, to which it was presented by George IV. Mr. Ashton states that
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• Charlie Bridger
  ...ng - 4d, that was a lot of money then.") He sang in the pub and at village hall events such as smoking concerts, and naturally his repertoire included song ...a brief appearance at the [[English Country Music Weekends|English Country Music Weekend]] at Frittenden, September 1988, a couple of months before his deat
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• Manuscripts by County
  [[John Hall Ms]], 1833 [[William Hall Lister Ms]], East Bolden, Newcastle, mid 19thC
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• Holme Valley Tradition, The
  ...m interviews conducted by Dr. Ian Russell on 1/11/84 and 8/11/84 at Leake Hall Farm, Denby Dale. Copyright Dr. Ian Russell and reproduced with his kind pe ...I would say I want to hear his stuff all the time. I don't know much about music but he looks a brilliant guitar player and he sings some lovely ballads as
  12 KB (2,333 words) - 14:09, 26 June 2008
• CALVERT,William MS
  ...his wedding included Matthew Chaytor, a gentleman residing at Agglethorpe Hall in Coverdale, Thomas Harrison, a Coverdale farmer who was either the father
  5 KB (840 words) - 11:56, 13 March 2015
• Joshua Gibbons
  ...manuscript has been moved to the North East Lincolnshire Archives at Town Hall Square, Grimsby. Most of the manuscript was published by Peter Sumner in 19 ...and is available on the Village Music Project website.[http://www.village-music-project.org.uk/]
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• John Johnson (singer)
  ...Swan Inn in Fittleworth. At some point unknown (maybe 1930-40? Some music hall songs might give a date after which), John wrote down the words of his song
  6 KB (938 words) - 17:41, 6 March 2016
• GIBBONS,Joshua MS,
  ...manuscript has been moved to the North East Lincolnshire Archives at Town Hall Square, Grimsby. Most of the manuscript was published by Peter Sumner in 19 ...ript has been converted into .abc notation and is available on the Village Music Project.[http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/ChrisPartingtonsLinksPage.ht
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• Joseph Taylor
  ...north of Binbrook. At the age of 17, he was already taking an interest in music. According to Marion Hudson, his granddaughter, in her unpublished biograph ...Everard Fielding wanted to gather support for the first North Lincolnshire Music Festival in 1900, Saxby was an obvious point of call. The organisers initia
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• Books published since about 1900 containing mainly tunes from the English repertoire
  ...A Northern Lass; Knowles,Jamie; Cleckheaton; Pub.Dave Mallinson; 1995; Music of Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire and the Lake District of the last four c * After The Chord; Preston,Julie; Sheffield; Beehive Music; 1991; Traditional and Contemporary Tunes from the British Isles, arranged
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• Tune Manuscripts List
  ...e database of historical dance tune manuscripts compiled for the [[Village Music Project]]. It represents the majority of the significant manuscripts contai VMP indicates that a [http://www.village-music-project.org.uk/ Village Music Project] ABC transcription of the collection is available by following the
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• IRWIN,William
  Village Music Project notes on the AGG transcripts:- 104 leaves. 312 tunes or pieces, chiefly dance music.
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• HARRISON,Rev. Robt. MS
  ...ARRISON.ABC here] at the [http://www.village-music-project.org.uk/ Village Music Project] * 139 Broad Hall (Hale?) F 6/8
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• Henry Burstow
  In an age when singing and music-making were very much a part of everyday life, Burstow was recognised withi ...important details on how songs were transmitted, and the social context of music-making.
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• Full English Transcription Programme: The Vaughan Williams Archive at the British Library, MS RVW2/1
  ...a notoriously contentious area of music publication in England since many music publishers insist<br> set to music by Michael William Balfe (1808-1870). The MS is so unclear as to be more or
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