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Sound Recording, [ Iraq]
Al-Hadithi, Sa'adi
[1970s]
Eight Iraqi songs [of the Rababa]. Includes the collector's announcements, in English and Arabic. [Tr. 2]
French Folk Dance Group
Jeffares, Mrs
1975
Group of French folk dancers from Meynes (Provence), performers of La Farandole, a traditional dance of Provence and Languedoc. The dance group are made up of children of various ages, dressed in whit...
The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
Buckland, Theresa Jill
1976
A study of the Horn Dance of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, performed traditionally once a year in September. The custom was witnessed by the collector in 1974 and 1975, and further fieldwork undert...
Change-Ringing: The Development of Bells and Change-Ringing with Particular Reference to the Ringers of Send Church in Surrey
Bell, Brigid M
1980
A dissertation comprising five chapters. The first gives a history of church bells and change-ringing, with sections on the origin of church bells, the use of church bells, bell-founders, bell-metal, ...
Making and Playing the Northumbrian Small-Pipes: A Study of Joe Hutton and Archie Dagg
Harrison, Stephen
1977
A study of one branch of the Northumbrian piping tradition, showing the functional role of the small-pipes in the area where the collector's two informants, Joe Hutton and Archie Dagg live. Emphasis i...
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 ...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1959-1960
Alf Odell, recorded in Gravenhurst in November 1959; describes the process of thatching a haystack/rick; his working clothes and the tools used [ Bert Kefford and Doris Kefford join in]; Mr. Kefford a...
Packie Byrne: The Singer and his Audience
Nalder, Peter Francis
1968
A thesis presented as part of the Postgraduate Diploma in Folk Life Studies. Part One comprises the tape recordings made by the collector of Packie Byrne singing, playing the whistle and talking in Sh...