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The Traditional Dances of Poland
Lange, Roderyk
1970
This file contains a copy of Roderyk Lange's paper on traditional dances in Poland, extracted from 'Viltis', volume 29, number 1 (May 1970), pp. 4-14.
The Bassingham Morris Text
[1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of an ms. recording of a Plough Monday play text used by the Bassingham Morris Dancers ( Bassingham, Lincolnshire) in 1896. The text includes illustrations of the charac...
Morris Dancing
1963-1979
This file contains a colour section from the West Yorkshire Road Car Company calendar for 1963 on Morris dancing at Bampton, Oxfordshire; a photocopy of Roy Judge's ms. bibliography on the Cotswold Mo...
Laban, Dance and Movement
Lange, Roderyk
1969-1970
This file contains two papers by Roderyk Lange on movement and dance, with reference to Rudolf von Laban's theory of movement. This includes Lange's 'Philosophic Foundations and Laban's Theory of Move...
The Dialect of Upper Coquetdale
Grenfell Smith, J
1971
A study of the dialect spoken in Upper Coquetdale, Northumberland, based on interviews with five informants.
An Edition of George Butterworth's Folk Music Manuscripts
Dawney, Michael
1975
The abstract in this M.Phil. thesis states: George Butterworth collected folk music in England between 1906 and 1913. In collecting folk songs, he was sometimes accompanied by Francis Jekyll or Ralph ...
Folk Music in the British Isles
English Folk Dance and Song Society
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains photocopies of papers produced by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) on folk music collections and recordings in Great Britain. The file includes a photocopy of the lis...
Traditional Fiddle Playing in West Clare: Junior Crehan and Michael Downes
Taylor, Barry Roy
1977
A study of the work of the Irish fiddle players, Junior Crehan and Michael Downes. The first of its nine sections presents a brief historical survey of Irish dance and its music; section two provides ...
The Goathland Sword Dance
Ridden, G M
1969
A descriptive account of the Goathland sword dance, with consideration also given to the Plough Stots and folk play traditions of the village. Fieldwork was carried out in March 1968, the principal in...
Recordings of Yorkshire Songs, Music and Customs at Cecil Sharp House, London
English Folk Dance and Song Society
[1964]
This file contains a typed list of recordings held by the English Folk Dance and Song Society at their headquarters, Cecil Sharp House, London. The recordings cover the period ca. 1940-1964, and inclu...
The Nelson Hospital Gala: A Study of its Origins, Development and Contemporary Form
Stuttard, Susan M
1971
A study of the origin and development of the Hospital Gala in Nelson, with emphasis on the post-World War Two galas and the 1970 event in particular.
The Helston Furry Dance
Cunnack, Edward M
1963
This file contains a photocopy of Edward Cunnack's pamphlet on the Helston Furry Dance (Helston: Flora Day Association and the Stewards of the Helston Furry Dance, 1963) 20 pp. This includes a descrip...