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Launched in June 2013, The Full English is a folk archive of 44,000 records and over 58,000 digitised images; it is the world's biggest digital archive of traditional music and dance tunes. [1] The archive brings together 19 collections from noted archivists, including Lucy Broadwood , Percy Grainger , Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams .
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The Caller (folk song) Can't Help Thinking About Me; The Cat Sat Asleep by the Side of the Fire; Catcheside-Warrington's Tyneside Songs; Catcheside-Warrington's Tyneside Stories & Recitations; John W. Chater; Chater's Annual; Cherry Ripe (song) Child Ballads; The Cliffs of Old Tynemouth; Cob coaling; Cock a doodle doo; Cock Robin; A Collection ...
In the strictest sense, English folk music has existed since the arrival of the Anglo-Saxon people in Britain after 400 AD. The Venerable Bede's story of the cattleman and later ecclesiastical musician Cædmon indicates that in the early medieval period it was normal at feasts to pass around the harp and sing 'vain and idle songs'. [1]
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Whether it's included in the title, lyrics, or used as a metaphor—these songs mention food at one point or another. Yes, classics like "American Pie" by Don McLean and '70s songs like "Coconut ...
1500: estimated – John Browne, English composer of music from the Eton Choirbook (born c. 1453) [16] 1501: February 17 – Stephan Plannck, German music printer active in Italy (born c. 1457) 1505 date unknown – Adam of Fulda, German composer and theoretician (born c. 1445; plague) [17]
The word carol is derived from the Old French word carole, a circle dance accompanied by singers (in turn derived from the Latin choraula). Carols were very popular as dance songs from the 1150s to the 1350s. [23] Carols developed in the fourteenth century as a simple song, with a verse and refrain structure. [24]