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culture14
folk music14
english language - dialects11
community life8
play7
occupations5
manners and customs4
persons4
folk dancing3
games3

Top 10: People and organisations

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Sullivan, Keith Frederick3
Elliott, Jack (1907-1966)2
Hayes, Raymond (1909-2000)2
Morson, I F2
Webber, M R2
Atchison, Maureen1
Baker, Maxine1
Baldwin, John R1
Carruthers, Tom1
Daniel, Tom1

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Some Acoustic Differences Among Languages

Hanley, T D; Snidecor, J C; Ringel, R L

1966

This file contains a copy of a joint paper which discusses an experiment to examine tonal differences between spoken Spanish, Japanese and American English, based on field recordings made of students ...

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The Folk Songs of Bedfordshire

Webber, M R

1966

A study of songs collected from three adult informants living in Bedfordshire, and from children at a Luton Junior School.

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Elements of an Urban Musical Tradition and its Setting

Morson, I F

1969

Dissertation for the Postgraduate Diploma in Folk Life Studies, which details some elements of a musical tradition in north-west Oxford. Such elements include what songs are sung, the attitude of the ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

27 November 1976

[Collector announcement]; Phil Hales, recorded at home in Ugthorpe; talks about the village of Ugthorpe, and acceptance of him as an outsider; Ugthorpe youth club, and attitude towards young people in...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

1 December 1976

[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; sings and plays [ 'All the Darkies are A-Weeping'] on the ukulele, followed by [ 'She's My Sweetheart'], [ 'Wait 'Til the C...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

6 January 1977

[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; talks about Gypsy Traveller music and singing; local dance bands and musicians; the song 'Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major'...

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The Folk Song of the Upper Thames

Baldwin, John R

1978

M.Phil. study, based on fieldwork carried out between 1966 and 1968 (with some additional reference to material collected subsequently, in 1969), which relates songs, singing and singers to their soci...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

[1975]

Compilation of field recordings (copy extracts) made by Tony Green and others (including students of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies), and possibly used by him in a session, Interviewin...

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Sound Recording, County Durham

Upton, Clive S; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

5 June 1974

[Announcement: Clive Upton]; Herbert Hodgson, recorded at home in Bishop Middleham; discusses with Harold Orton playing football for Bowburn ; attending Byers Green school from the age of five; discus...

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Sound Recordings, Northumberland and Durham

Baker, Maxine

[1966]

Edited field recordings of male and female solo singers, some accompanied on the piano, made in Northumberlandand Durham. Includes also monologues and a parodic sermon. The informants include Mrs. Ley...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Morson, I F

1966-1969

Jim Willding, recorded in the Baker's Arms pub, Oxford, on the 5 December 1967; sings [unidentified, with accordion], 'Cock of the North'; conversation; 'Banks of the Sweet Primroses', 'Daisybell', 'I...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Webber, M R

[1965-1966]

Unaccompanied male/female singers, singing solos and duets. Includes May songs (May 1st garlanding, May 29th Royal Oak Day), and children's singing games recorded in the playground of a Luton Junior S...

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