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English folk music (1500–1899)

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Births

  • William Kimber (1872–1961) English morris musician
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) English composer and song collector
  • Sam Larner (1878–1965) English folk singer
  • Percy Grainger (1882–1961) Australian composer who collected and recorded English folk songs
  • Harry Cox (1885–1971) English folk singer
  • Lewis 'Scan' Tester (1886–1972) English folk musician
  • Collections of songs or music

  • 1651 "English Dancing Master" by John Playford (1623–1686)
  • 1725 "A Collection of Old Ballads" by Ambrose Philips
  • 1765 "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry" by Thomas Percy (1721–1811)
  • 1765 "Mother Goose's Melody" by anonymous
  • 1788 "Yorkshire Garland" by Joseph Ritson
  • 1793 "Northumberland Garland" by Joseph Ritson
  • 1798 Manuscript dance tune book by Joshua Jackson
  • 1827 "Minstrelsy Ancient and Modern" by William Motherwell (1797–1835)
  • 1842 "Nursery Rhymes of England" by James Orchard Halliwell
  • 1849 "Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales" by James Orchard Halliwell
  • 1859 "Popular Music of Olden Time" by William Chappell (1809–1888)
  • 1882 "English and Scottish Popular Ballads" by Francis James Child (1825–1896)
  • 1893 English County Songs by J. A. Fuller Maitland (1856–1936) and Lucy Broadwood (1858–1929)
  • 1893 "Songs and Ballads Of Northern England" by I Stokoe
  • References

    English folk music (1500–1899) Wikipedia


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