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M: Folk Music, Dance and Drama
1936-1982
This series contains items relating to aspects of traditional performance, including music, dance and drama. The items include studies of folk performance, as well as song texts and tunes, and transcr...
Dance
1963-1979
This subseries contains items on traditional dance, especially English folk dances. The subject matter includes bibliographies on folk dance; traditional English dances including Morris dancing, the A...
Ceremonial Dance Traditions in the South-West Pennines and Rossendale
Buckland, Theresa Jill
1984
Ph.D. thesis in five parts. Part One provides a discussion of theory and method, and information on the socio-historical background to the area in which fieldwork was carried out. Part Two covers danc...
The Coal Mining Community of Abram, Lancashire
Bauldie, J S
1970
A dissertation which focusses on the life of the miner away from his place of employment, and describes miners' recreational activities in the Lancashire village of Abram during the years 1900 to 1925...
Clogs. Their Social Aspects, with Particular Reference to Fighting and Dancing
Woolley, Hilary J
1976
A study comprising four chapters. The first presents the historical, functional and social context of wooden soled footwear, with sections on working clogs and dress clogs. Chapter Two considers the c...
St. George and the Dragon: A Study in Folk Art
Green, R J
1964
M.A. study [submitted as part of an English Literature degree] comprising ten chapters and five appendices. These discuss definitions of the folk play (with reference made to related calendar customs)...
Domestic Life in Rural Suffolk
Niccolls, Sharon
1982
A dissertation which analyses continuity and change in domestic customs and traditions in rural Suffolk, in the fifty years to 1982. The first of four chapters focusses on the housewife, and contains ...
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 ...
Folklore Notes
Mason, Mr
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of a manuscript and newspaper cuttings compiled by a Mr. Mason ca. 1870s-1880s, which forms a collection of folklore items. Although varied, there is a regional element ...
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...
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...
Folk Dance: General
[1971-1979]
This file contains a photocopy of the English Folk Dance and Song Society's leaflet number 15, 'Folk Dance Articles in the Journal of the English Folk Dance Society, Journal of the English Folk Dance ...