English Folk Song Bibliography
Source: www.efdss.org
Topic: Folk
Sort Desciption: Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, 2004), pp. 241-52. A consideration of the motivations of one of the important early female collectors. Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society , 8 ...
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English Folk Song Bibliography
An Introductory Bibliography Based on the Holdings of the Vaughan
Williams Memorial Library
Third Edition
by David Atkinson
Norfolk singer Harry Cox performing at Cecil Sharp House, 1959
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Leaflet No. 23
London
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
English Folk Dance and Song Society
2006
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
English Folk Dance and Song Society
Cecil Sharp House
2 Regents Park Road
London NW1 7AY
Telephone: 020 7485 2206
Fax: 020 7284 0523
Email: library@efdss.org
Web: http://www.efdss.org/library.htm
The Library is open to the public between 9.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. from Tuesday to
Friday and the first and third Saturdays each month, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is a charge
for non-members per visit. For further information about the EFDSS and membership of
the Society, please contact it at the address above.
This introductory bibliography is designed to serve both as an initial guide to the study
of English folk song, and as a guide to the numerous collections of songs that exist in
print and manuscript. It is intended to be of assistance to students of the subject and/or
to those who wish to sing the songs. Annotations offer a very brief guide to the nature
of the items. Bibliographical reference are given in MHRA style, which is also the style
used in Folk Music Journal .
The bibliography is necessarily selective and makes no claim to be exhaustive.
In particular, there is a vast amount of work in ballad studies that is not represented
here. Nevertheless, it is based on the holdings of the Vaughan Williams Memorial
Library (VWML) of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, which is the primary
resource for the study of English folk song. the focus is on English song, but the library
also contains substantial collections from the rest of the English-speaking world and
beyond.
Some online resources are included. Online pa ...
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