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This category contains folk songs which originated in England. For a comprehensive list of 25,000 traditional English language songs, see List of folk songs by Roud number . Contents
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]
English folk-song collectors (36 P) English folk songs (47 C, 329 P) Pages in category "English folk music" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
This is a list of folk song collections including pioneer and notable work in collecting folk songs. Many such collections were made in the 19th century. The earlier ones are often considered to be parts of the National Romanticist interests in folklore. The monumental efforts of single enthusiasts laid the foundation for the modern academic ...
English folk songs (47 C, 330 P) Scottish folk songs (13 C, 93 P) ... Pages in category "British folk songs" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 ...
Pages in category "English folk-song collectors" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Folk singer and scholar Fay Hield was commissioned by the EFDSS to create new musical arrangements, drawing on the archive material, to accompany the project. [4] She assembled a collective of musicians to perform at the launch party in June 2013, but after creating a set the musicians decided to extend the collaboration by producing an album and touring under The Full English name in order to ...
Cecil James Sharp (22 November 1859 – 23 June 1924) [1] was an English collector of folk songs, folk dances and instrumental music, as well as a lecturer, teacher, composer and musician. [2]
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