Watch the recording of the course in which Steve Roud, creator of the Roud Folk Song Index, with the English Folk Dance and Song Society, introduces the social history of traditional song and singing in England up to about 1950 (when the post-war Folk Revival changed things dramatically). Session four includes Dr Julia Bishop, an expert on the characteristics of the tunes.
What is covered?
Topics include the changing definitions of ‘folk song’ over the last 200 years, the legacy of the early collectors such as Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams, and what the ‘folk’ themselves thought about their songs.
Listen to archive recordings and examine printed broadsides, consider female sailors and murdered sweethearts, and much more.
You will recieve the link and password to watch the recordings of the sessions online by email.
Image: Cecil Sharp song collecting
