Traditional Singing in West Sheffield, 1970-1972

Description

Ph.D. thesis in three parts, subdivided into fifteen chapters. The study is a result of fieldwork in the suburban and village communities on the western outskirts of the city of Sheffield. Consideration is given to the complete recorded repertoires of all the singers encountered, repertoires that are not discussed in isolation, but rather are related to their setting. Eight major singers are discussed in depth, the importance of context is stressed and particular reference is made to the tradition of singing in local public houses. The final section of the study details some of the most important aspects of the local tradition including a historical perspective, recognisable elements for stability and change, the interaction between participants, their style of singing, and their major concern as shown in the type of songs they favour.


The second and third volumes contain transcriptions classified in alphabetical order according to the performer. These are accompanied by a summary of the essential melodic features, including pitch, tempo, range, scale and melodic form.

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Access

The theses and dissertations in this subfonds are available for consultation in the searchroom of Special Collections, University of Leeds, by all bona fide researchers. Conditions relating to access and use have, in a number of cases, been applied to particular items by individual depositors. These are noted within the relevant individual records.

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Related material

A compilation tape of field recordings, LAVC/SRE/A108r, was submitted with the thesis. Further fieldwork audio tapes were deposited in the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies archive ( LAVC/SRE/A109r-209r). These include recordings of individual singers singing and talking in their own homes, and group singing in local pubs (including Christmas carolling). This collection also includes a small number of recordings relating to traditional drama, with particular reference to the Derby Tup play performed in North East Derbyshire. All these tapes are accompanied by typed Tape Tables of Contents, which record song titles, singers' names, subject headings covered in conversation, location(s) and date(s) of recording.


The tapes are a mixture of masters and copies. Further copies of some of the tapes are held in the Archives of Cultural Tradition, National Centre for English Cultural Tradition, University of Sheffield (http://www.shef.ac.uk/english/natcect/archives/index.html).


A photocopy of some of Sidney Addy's manuscript is held in the Folk Life File at LAVC/FLF/14/4/8.

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