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Total number of records: 14

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musical instruments14
play14
culture13
folk music13
community life7
english language - dialects7
manners and customs6
social life and customs6
communication3
education3

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Russell, Ian10
Gifford, Terry4
Couldwell, Jack2
Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)1
Bird, Elizabeth1
Dawson, Betty1
Dawson, John1
Dyson, Ernest1
Dyson, Mina1
Flannery, Martin1

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

December 1972

Assembled company singing carols in the Black Bull pub, Ecclesfield, with brass accompaniment. Includes also text and song from the Derby Tup play. A member of the assembled company describes performi...

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Exhibition Programmes and På Gång

Riksutställningar (Sweden)

1968-1985

This file contains printed items issued by the Riksutställningar (Swedish Travelling Exhibitions) organisation. These include a specially designed folder containing Swedish and English guides to the ...

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Lists from the Archive of Folk Song

Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)

1971-1974

This file contains lists produced by and for, and information about, the Archive of Folk Song at the Music Division of the Library of Congress. The file includes two versions of the paper, 'The Archiv...

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Traditional Song: General

1963-1979

This file contains items relating to aspects of traditional music, and includes a copy of 'The Health of Man', a collection of traditional songs from Bedfordshire, Yorkshire, Suffolk and Lancashire, c...

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Jazz Bands of the North East of England

Bird, Elizabeth

1974

M.A. dissertation on the history and contemporary manifestation of marching bands in Northumberland, Durham and North Yorkshire. These bands comprise children aged 8-18, predominantly female, playing ...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

22 December 1974

Open-air carol service, with brass band accompaniment, recorded in Skelmanthorpe.

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

14 December 1972

Assembled company singing carols in the Black Bull pub, Ecclesfield, with brass accompaniment. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A200r.

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian; Gifford, Terry

December 1971

Jack Couldwell, interviewed in his own home in Worrallby Terry Gifford. Describes Christmas carol singing in Worrall, the route followed in Sheffield; part singing, piano accompaniment (symphonies) an...

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian; Gifford, Terry

December 1971

Jack Couldwell, interviewed in his own home in Worrallby Terry Gifford. Talks about his grandfather and the Big Set (Christmas carol band), and describes the instruments played, route taken, houses vi...

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian; Gifford, Terry

December 1971

Martin Flannery, interviewed in his own home in Sheffield by Terry Gifford. Describes his personal involvement in the local carolling tradition, and singing as a youngster in the Stannington area of S...

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian; Gifford, Terry

December 1971

Ernest Dyson and his wife Mina Dyson, recorded in their home in Stannington, Sheffield. Discussion of local carols in Sheffield - names of carols and localities to which they refer; Stannington brass ...

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

12 January 1970

John Dawson and Betty Dawson, recorded in their home in Sheffield, playing the piano, singing carols and in conversation. Includes a medley of popular tunes played on the piano; discussion concerning ...

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