An introductory bibliography based on the holdings of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library of the EFDSS

by 

David Atkinson 

 Addendum, November 2001

Since this bibliography was compiled additional material has appeared and the library has acquired new items. While it is too early to undertake a wholesale revision, this addendum seeks to draw attention to a selection of items of particular interest.

The following items represent recent contributions to the history and reassessment of the folk song revivals in England, and include among them some challenges to the orthodoxy of the late twentieth century.

Atkinson, David. 'Folk Song Revival / Folk Song Tradition: Some Pointers from the English Folk Revival'. Balada si Studiile despra Balada la Cumpana dintre Secole / Ballad and Ballad Studies at the Turn of the Century. Ed. Nicolae Constantinescu. Proceedings of the 30th International Ballad Conference - The Ballad Commission of S.I.E.F., 15-20 August 2000, Bucharest, Romania. University of Bucharest, Faculty of Letters, Ethnology and Folklore. Bucuresti: Editura Deliana, 2001: 11-20.

Barlow, Michael. Whom the Gods Love: The Life and Music of George Butterworth. Preface by Vernon Handley. London: Toccata Press, 1997.

Bearman, C. J. 'Kate Lee and the Foundation of the Folk-Song Society'. Folk Music Journal, 7 (1999): 627-43.

Bearman, C. J. 'Who Were the Folk? The Demography of Cecil Sharp's Somerset Folk Singers'. Historical Journal , 43 (2000): 751-75.

Bearman, C. J. 'The English Folk Music Movement 1898-1914'. PhD thesis, University of Hull, 2001.

Bird, John. Percy Grainger. [3rd edn]. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Boyes, Georgina. '"The lady that is with you": Maud Pauline Karpeles (1885-1976) and the Folk Revival'. Step Change: New Views on Traditional Dance. Ed. Georgina Boyes. London: Francis Boutle, 2001.

Brocken, Mike. 'The British Folk Revival', Musical Traditions Internet magazine, http://web.ukonline.co.uk/mustrad/articles/broc_ndx.htm

Dawney, Michael. 'An Edition of George Butterworth's Folk Music Manuscripts and Field-Work Diary, with Reference to Variants in Other Collections, and with a Biographical Introduction'. MPhil thesis, Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies, School of English, University of Leeds, 1975.

Francmanis, John. 'The Roving Artist: Frank Kidson, Pioneer Song Collector'. Folk Music Journal, 8 (2001): 41-66.

Gregory, E. David. 'A. L. Lloyd and the English Folk Song Revival, 1934-44'. Canadian Journal for Traditional Music / Revue de musique folklorique canadienne, 25 (1997): 14-28.

Gregory, E. David. 'Starting Over: A. L. Lloyd and the Serach for a New Folk Music, 1945-49'. Canadian Journal for Traditional Music / Revue de musique folklorique canadienne, 27 (1999/2000): 20-43.

Gregory, E. David. 'Lomax in London: Alan Lomax, the BBC and the Folk Song Revival in England, 1950-1958', Folk Music Journal, 8 (2002): 136-169.

Livingston, Tamara E. 'Music Revivals: Towards a General Theory'. Ethnomusicology, 43 (1999): 66-85.

Onderdonk, Julian. 'Vaughan Williams and the Modes'. Folk Music Journal, 7 (1999): 609-26.

Onderdonk, Julian. 'The Revised (1904) Version of the Folk Song Society's Hints to Collectors'. English Dance & Song, 62/3 (2000): 21-3.

Some other recent acquisitions include:

Anderson, Hugh. Farewell to Judges and Juries: The Broadside Ballad and Convict Transportation to Australia, 1788-1868. Hotham Hill, Victoria (Australia): Red Rooster Press, 2000.

Arthur, Max. When this Bloody War Is Over: Soldiers' Songs of the First World War. Introduction by Lyn Macdonald. London: Piatkus, 2001.

Davenport, Paul, ed. The South Riding Songbook: Songs from South Yorkshire and the North Midlands. Mosborough: South Riding Folk Network, 1998.

Heylin, Clinton. Dylan's Demon Lover: The Tangled Tale of a 450-Year Old Pop Ballad. London: Helter Skelter, 1999.

Hudleston, Mary and Nigel. Songs of the Ridings: The Yorkshire Musical Museum. Transcribed, compiled and annotated by Mark Gordon and Richard Adams under the direction of Nigel A. Hudleston. Scarborough: G. A. Pindar and Son, 2001.

Palmer, Roy. Boxing the Compass: Sea Songs & Shanties. Revised and expanded edition of The Oxford Book of Sea Songs. Todmorden: Herron Publishing, 2001

Palmer, Roy. Thomas Ford's Ballads: A Facsimile Reprint of a Collection of Ballads First Published as Broadsheets by Thomas Ford of Chesterfield. Felinfach: Llanerch, 2001.

Rieuwerts, Sigrid, and Helga Stein, eds. Bridging the Cultural Divide: Our Common Ballad Heritage / Kulturelle Br¸cken: Gemeinsame Balladentradition. Hildesheim: Olms, 2000.

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