Folk Music Journal: Volumes 1 to 6
Folk Music Journal: Volumes 1 to 6
Volume 1 of the Journal is for the five years 1965-1969
Number 1 (1965) contains the following pieces:
Kennedy, Douglas : Folk Study Centre in London, A
Cassie, Bill : Rapper Knots from High Spen
Rowland, Mary : Which Noble Duke?
Armstrong, Lucile : Virgen de la Vega: Giants and Dwarfs at Piedrahita, Avila, Spain, The
Hamer, F.B. : Another Newspaper Song Competition [Letter]
Kennedy, Michael : Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams, The [Letter]
... together with reviews.
Number 2 (1966) contains the following pieces:
Duncan, P.S. : James Bruce Duncan (1848-1917)
Shuldham-Shaw, P.N. : James Duncan Manuscript Folk Song Collection (with Ten Songs), The
Cassie, Bill : Rapper Knots from Amble and Bedlington
Blake, Lois : Nantgarw Dances, The
Kennedy, Douglas : Successful Experiment, A
... together with reviews.
Number 3 (1967) contains the following pieces:
Purslow, Frank : George Gardiner Folk Song Collection (with Ten Songs), The
Pilling, Julian : Lancashire Clog Dance, The
Alford, Violet : New Addition to the Folkestone International Folk Festival 1967, A
Lloyd, A.L. / Michael Yates / P. Shuldham-Shaw : Further Notes on the James Duncan Collection
Jenkins, Gilmour : Sir Steuart Wilson (1889-1966) [Obituary]
Kennedy, Douglas/ Peter Kennedy : Mary, Lady Trevelyan (1882-1966) [Obituary]
Weissmann, John S. : Dr. Zoltan Kodaly, (1882-1967) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 4 (1968) contains the following pieces:
Lloyd, A.L. : Albanian Folk Song
Jankovic, Ljubica S. : Dancing for the Dead in Yugoslavia
Jankovic, Ljubica & Danica S. : Masked Dancers in Serbia
Purslow, Frank : Hammond Brothers' Folk Song Collection (with Nine Songs), The
Olson, William Bruce : Another Note on the James Duncan Collection
Howes, Frank : Clive Carey (1883-1968)[Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 5 (1969) contains the following pieces:
Clissold, Ivor : Alfred Williams, Song Collector
Purslow, Frank : Williams Manuscripts, The
Baldwin, John R. : Songs in the Upper Thames Valley, 1966-1969
O'shaughnessey, Patrick : 21 Lincolnshire Folk Songs
Howes, Frank : Joan Sharp (1898-1968)[Obituary]
Putterill, Jack : George Chambers (1881-1969) [Obituary]
Kennedy, D.N. : Marius Barbeau (1885-1969)[Obituary]
Shaw, Pat : Edric Connor (1915-1968) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Volume 2 of the Journal is for the five years 1970-1974
Number 1 (1970) contains the following pieces:
Wells, Jinky : Writings of Jinky Wells
Emmerson, George : Hornpipe, The
Newall, Venetia : Egg Dance, The
Shepard, Leslie : Prudishness in the 19th Century [Letter]
Loveless, Kenneth : Frederick Hamer (1909-1969) [Obituary]
Cawte, E.C. : Alex Helm (1920-1970) [Obituary]
Ganiford, William : Everal de Jersey (1897-1969) [Obituary]
Mazzarella, Silvester : Otto Andersson (1879-1969) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 2 (1971) contains the following pieces:
North, Helen Kennedy : Prelude [to Symposium on Diamond Jubilee of English Folk Dance Society]
Kennedy, Douglas : Folk Dance Revival
Judge, Roy : Branch of May, A
Alford, Violet : Foreign Relations
Karpeles, Maud : Past and Present
Cawte, E.C. : Riccall Sword Dance, The
Steele, Sam : Seven Lancashire Steps
Cannon, R.D. : Bagpipe in Northern England, The
Kennedy, Peter : Harry Cox (1885-1971) [Obituary]
Constable, K.B. : Marjorie Sinclair (1890-1971) [Obituary]
Howes, Frank : Robert Thurston Dart (1921-1971) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 3 (1972) contains the following pieces:
Kennedy, Michael : R.V.W.
Strode, Rosamund : Folksong Manuscripts [of R. Vaughan Williams], The
Poston, Elizabeth : R.V.W.'s Piano Accompaniments
Holst, Imogen : Holst's Debt of Gratitude
Howes, Frank : Amalgamation, The
Spratley, Philip : Two Songs Collected in Nottinghamshire
Cannon, R.D. : English Bagpipe Music
Harker, D. : Cecil Sharp in Somerset: Some Conclusions
Shepard, Leslie : Harry Cox[Letter]
Cawte, E.C. : All For the Grog [Letter]
Nicol, Edward : Miss Violet Alford (1881-1972) [Obituary]
Kennedy, Douglas : Rolf Gardiner (1902-1971) [Obituary]
Burford, Frieda : Miss Melusine Wood [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 4 (1973) contains the following pieces:
Browell, John : Dance Tradition in Buckden
Palmer, Roy : George Dunn: Twenty One Songs and Fragments
Williamson, Les : Westerhope Traditional Prize Sword Dancers
Seymour, Alan & Jean : Pace Egg in Southern Lancashire, The
Olson, William Bruce : Note on the Tune 'Jamaica', A
Shepard, Leslie : Cecil Sharp [Letter]
Myer, Michael Grosvenor : Harry Cox [Letter]
Thomson, Bob : Harry Cox[Letter]
... together with reviews.
Number 5 (1974) contains the following pieces:
Thomson, R.S. : Songs from the Grainger Collection
Ridden, Geoffrey M. : Goathland Plough Monday Customs, The
Torres, Luis : Michael Praetorius and Two English Country Dances
Harris, Bryan : Crwmpyn John
Holst, Imogen : Gustav Holst's Debt to Cecil Sharp
Marriott, J.B. : Bagpipe in Northern England, The [Letter]
Towner, G.D. : Note on La Varsovianna, A [Letter]
Huddleston, Mary : Caroline and her Young Sailor Bold [Letter]
Macleod, Morag / Ailie Munro : Ethel Rose Bassin (1889-1974) [Obituary]
Wortley, Russell : Arthur Peck (1902-1974) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Volume 3 of the Journal is for the five years 1975-1979
Number 1 (1975) contains the following pieces:
Munnelly, Tom : Singing Tradition of Irish Travellers, The
Carroll, Jim : Irish Travellers Around London
Hall, Peter A. : Scottish Tinker Songs
Yates, Michael : English Gypsy Songs
Munro, Ailie : Jeannie Robertson (1908-1975) [Obituary]
Shuldham-Shaw, P.N. : Mrs. Lois Blake (1890-1974) [Obituary]
Shuldham-Shaw, P.N. : Frank Howes (1891-1974) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 2 (1976) contains the following pieces:
Dawney, Michael : George Butterworth's Folk Music Manuscripts
Pickering, Michael : Janet Blunt: Folk Song Collector and Lady of the Manor
--- : Songs from the Janet Blunt Manuscripts
Olson, William Bruce : Note on the Tune 'Dargason' or 'Welsh Sydanen', A
Palmer, Roy : Note on 'Australia', A
Palmer, Roy : Origin of Van Dieman's Land and Young Henry the Poacher, The
Yates, Michael : Three Broadside Texts from the Press of John Pitts
Mayhew, John : Hugh the Drover[Note]
Yates, Michael : Lincolnshire Version of 'Archie o' Cawfield (Child 188), A
O'Shaughnessey, Patrick : Songs from the Grainger Collection[Letter]
Hogendijk, C.J. : Michael Praetorius and Two English Country Dances[Letter]
Rhodes, Frank : Thomas Muirhead Flett (1923-1976) [Obituary]
Loveless, Kenneth : Helen Kennedy [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 3 (1977) contains the following pieces:
Wortley, Russell / Michael Dawney : George Butterworth's Diary of Morris Dance Hunting
Kilkerr, Dave : Sam Henry and 'Songs of the People'
Greig, Ruairidh : Kirmington Plough-Jags Play, The
Cox, Gordon : Newfoundland Christmas Carolling Tradition, A
Palmer, Roy : Weaver in Love, The
Kennedy, Douglas : Dr. Maud Pauline Karpeles (1885-1976) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 4 (1978) contains the following pieces:
Armstrong, Lucile : Ritual Dances
Lloyd, A.L. : Ritual of the Calus: Any Light on the Morris?, The
Allsop, Ivor : Sword Dance of Papa Stour, Shetland, The
Barraclough, Michael : Excuse Me, or An Old Country Trip
Hulme, Ann-Marie / Peter Clifton : Social Dancing in a Norfolk Village, 1900-1945
Rutherford, Frank : Eighteenth Century Stage Versions of Two Songs Printed in the Journal [Letter]
Matthews, Nibs : Patrick Noel Shuldham Shaw (1917-1977) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 5 (1979) contains the following pieces:
Russell, Ian : Survey of Traditional Drama in North East Derbyshire 1970-1978, A
Porter, James : My Son David and O Gin I Were Where Gaudie Rins: A Note on Tune Relationships and Local Song-Making
... together with reviews.
Volume 4 of the Journal is for the five years 1980-1984
Number 1 (1980) contains the following pieces:
Yates, Mike : Daniel Wyatt Tate: Singer from Fancy Gap
Bidgood, Z.D.M. : Significance of Thomas Ravenscroft, The
Thomson, Robert S. : Frightful Foggy Dew, The
Olson, William Bruce : King's Complaint, or Fain I Would, The
A., W. : Russell Wortley (1912-1980) [Obituary]
Kennedy, D.N. : Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 2 (1981) contains the following pieces:
Cawte, E.C. : History of the Rapper Dance, A
Lyon, Luke : Hobby-Horse Ceremonies in New Mexico and Great Britain
Harker, Dave : Francis James Child and the 'Ballad Consensus'
Kennedy, Douglas : Daniel Wyatt Tate: Singer from Fancy Gap [Letter]
Newall, Venetia : Katharine Briggs (1898-1980)[Obituary]
Donnellan, Philip : Charles Parker (1919-1980) [Obituary]
Abicair, Shirley : Isla Cameron (1927-1980) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 3 (1982) contains the following pieces:
Kennedy, Douglas : Tradition: A Personal Viewpoint
Gammon, Vic : Song, Sex and Society in England, 1600-1850
Hubbard, Jane A. : Children's Traditional Games from Birdsedge: Clapping Songs and their Notation
Yates, Michael : Percy Grainger and the Impact of the Phonograph
Palmer, Roy : Parson and the Clerk, The
Yates, Michael : Daniel Wyatt Tate: Singer from Fancy Gap [Letter]
Gammon, Vic : Daniel Wyatt Tate: Singer from Fancy Gap [Letter]
Patten, Bob : Daniel Wyatt Tate: Singer from Fancy Gap [Letter]
Vickery, Roy : Peter Opie (1918-1982) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 4 (1983) contains the following pieces:
Buckland, Theresa : Definitions of Folk Dance: Some Explorations
Gregson, Keith : Cumberland Bard: An Anniversary Reflection, The
Richards, Sam : Joe Hill: A Labour Legend in Song
Kennedy, Douglas : Review by David Buchan of the Grieg-Duncan Folk Song Collection, The [Letter]
Palmer, Roy : Daniel Wyatt Tate: Singer from Fancy Gap [Letter]
Cox, Gordon : I've Changed from that Type of Life to Another: Some Individual Responses to Social Change by Singers in a New
Breathnach, Breandan : Seamus Ennis (1919-1982) [Obituary]
Arthur, Dave : Albert Lancaster Lloyd (1908-1982) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 5 (1984) contains the following pieces:
Judge, Roy : D'Arcy Ferris and the Bidford Morris
Pickering, Michael : Popular Song at Juniper Hill
Simpson, Jacqueline : Songs of a Female Student Group, 1949-52
Mccabe, Mollie : Rewritten Version of 'The Carnal and the Crane' (Child 55), A
Olson, Ian A. : Review by David Buchan of the Grieg-Duncan Folk Song Collection, The [Letter]
Loveless, Kenneth : Editorial [Letter]
Vaughan Williams, Ursula : Imogen Holst (1907-1984) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Volume 5 of the Journal is for the five years 1985-1989
Number 1 (1985) contains the following pieces:
Harker, Dave : Original Bob Cranky?, The
Heath-Coleman, Philip : Forrest and Matachin: An Assessment of John Forrest's 'Morris and Matachin' [Review article]
Stevens, Eric : Songs of a Female Student Group [Letter]
Bathe, Dave : Oddfellows and Morris Dancing in a Peak District Village
... together with reviews.
Number 2 (1986) contains the following pieces:
Buckland, Theresa : Tunstead Mill Nutters of Rossendale, Lancashire
Palmer, Roy : Kidson's Collecting
Olson, Ian A. : Influence of the Folk Song Society on the Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection: Methodology, The
Olson, William Bruce : Robin and Gonny: An Old Lancashire Ballad
Schofield, Derek : Revival of the Folk Dance: An Artistic Movement: The Background to the Founding of the English Folk Dance Soci
Vickery, Roy : Christina Hole (1896-1985) [Obituary]
Richards, Sam : Bill 'Pop' Hingston (1914-1986) [Obituary]
Knapman, Zinnia : Reappraisal of Percy's Editing, A
... together with reviews.
Number 3 (1987) contains the following pieces:
Dunaway, David King : Music and Politics in the United States
Mccarthy, William B. : William Motherwell as Field Collector
Russell, Ian : Stability and Change in a Sheffield Singing Tradition
Heaney, Michael : New Evidence for the Abbots Bromley Hobby-Horse
Palmer, Roy : Singer, Song and Scholar[Letter]
Foxley, Eric : Database for Computer Readable Folk Music [Letter]
Vickery, Roy : Christina Hole Memorial Appeal[Letter]
Cawte, E.C. : William Fisher Cassie (1905-1985)[Obituary]
Dean-Smith, Margaret : Edward Nicol (1907-1987) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 4 (1988) contains the following pieces:
Gammon, Vic : Singing and Popular Funeral Practices in the 18th and 19th Centuries
Forrest, John : Who Calls the Tune? New Methods for Exploring the Relationships Between Dances and Their Music
Spring, Ian : Why Did the Bridegroom Greet?
Cowell, Ray : Kidson's Informants
Tawney, Cyril : [Comment of Review by Paul Oliver]
Judge, Roy / Derek Schofield : A Tribute to Douglas Neil Kennedy [Obituary]
Palmer, Roy : Harry Boardman (1930-1987) [Obituary]
Kaneen, John : Mona Douglas (1898-1987)[Obituary]
Hall, Reg : Mervyn Plunkett (1920-1986) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 5 (1989) contains the following pieces:
Judge, Roy : Mary Neal and the Esperance Morris
Atkinson, David : Marriage and Retribution in 'James Harris (The Daemon Lover)'
Abrahams, Roger D. : American Folklore Society Centennial 1888-89 to 1988-89, The
Palmer, Roy : Carpenter Collection, The [Note]
Myer, Michael Grosvenor : Unpublished Copper Family Song: Extracts from a Correspondence, An [Note]
Munro, Ailie : Willie Scott (1897-1989) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Volume 6 of the Journal is for the five years 1990-1994
Number 1 (1990) contains the following pieces:
Brickwedde, James C. : A. Claud Wright: Cecil Sharp's Forgotten Dancer
Pickering, Michael : Recent Folk Music Scholarship in England: A Critique
Bratton, J.S. : Dancing a Hornpipe in Fetters
Mackenzie, Pat/ Jim Carroll : Ewan MacColl (1915-1989) [Obituary]
Wallace, George : Freddy Forster (1919-1989) [Obituary]
Long-Wilgus, Eleanor R. : D.K. Wilgus (1918-1989)[Obituary]
Sanger, Annette : John Blacking (1928-1990) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 2 (1991) contains the following pieces:
Munro, Ailie : Role of the School of Scottish Studies in the Folk Music Revival, The
Forrest, John / Michael Heaney : Charting Early Morris
Howkins, Alun / Linda Merricks : Ploughboy and the Plough Play, The
Neilands, Colin : Irish Broadside Ballads: Performers and Performances
Cawte, E.C. : Reminiscence of Cecil Sharp as Musician, A
Barlow, Jeremy : Dancing a Hornpipe in Fetters [Note]
Bratton, J.S. : Dancing a Hornpipe in Fetters' [Note]
Cawte, E.C. : Dancing a Hornpipe in Fetters[Note]
Ashman, Gordon : A. Claud Wright: Cecil Sharp's Forgotten Dancer [Note]
Murray, Bill : Bob Cann (1916-1990) [Obituary]
Henderson, Hamish : Norman Buchan (1922-1990) [Obituary]
Allsop, Ivor : Kathleen Mitchell (1912-1990) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
Number 3 (1992) contains the following pieces:
Harker, Dave : Warning, A
Cooke, Peter : Tom Anderson (1910-1991) [Obituary]
Atkinson, David : History, Symbol, and Meaning in `The Cruel Mother'
Fry, John / Alan J. Fletcher : Kilkenny Morries, 1610, The
Darlington, Wilf : Trumpet Hornpipe, The
Davies, Gwilym : Percy Grainger's Folk Music Research in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire, 1907-1909
... together with reviews.
Number 4 (1993) contains the following pieces:
Sykes, Richard : Evolution of Englishness in the English Folksong Revival, 1890-1914, The
Heaney, Michael : With Scarfes and Garters as You Please: An Exploratory Essay in Economics of the Morris
Shaw, Beth : Ploughboy and the Plough Play, The [Letter]
Hall, Peter : Lizzie Higgins (1(929-1993)) [Obituary]
Roche, Chris : Stan Hugill (1(906-1992)) [Obituary]
Bennett, Anthony : Rivals Unrivalled: A Broadside Song and Dance
... together with reviews.
Number 5 (1994) contains the following pieces:
Fairbairn, Hazel : Changing Contexts for Traditional Dance Music in Ireland: The Rise of Group Performance Practice
Douglas, Audrey : Owre Thanssynge Day: Parish Dance and Procession in Salisbury
Anderson, Hugh : Virtue in a Wilderness: Cecil Sharp's Australian Sojourn, 1882-1892
Corrsin, Stephen D. : Online Database on the Bibliography of Sword Dancing, An
Palmer, Roy : Edward Palmer Thompson (1924-1993) [Obituary]
Pitts, John : Harold Pitts (1928-1994) [Obituary]
... together with reviews.
This listing has been produced, by permission, from Steve Roud's database of Journal contents.
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