Folk dancing, English; Folk music -- England -- History and criticism; Folk songs, English -- England -- History and criticism
CHAPPELL, WM. National English Airs. 2 vols.
1838-1839.
—— Popular Music of the Olden Time. 2 vols. 1856-1859.
(The new edition of Chappell’s “Popular Music”
edited by H. E. Wooldridge was published in 1893,
but the traditional airs obtained by Chappell and
his friends are omitted.)
RIMBAULT, EDWARD F. Musical Illustrations of
Bishop Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry.
A collection of old ballad tunes chiefly from rare
MSS. and early printed books. 1850.
—— Nursery Rhymes. Edited and arranged by E. F.
Rimbault. (Several editions.) Chappell.
MASON, Miss M. A. Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs. 1877.
(A reprint by Metzler, recently issued.)
BRUCE, Dr C., and J. STOKOE.
Northumbrian Minstrelsy: Ballads, Melodies, and
Pipe Tunes of Northumbria. 1882.
STOKOE, JOHN, and SAMUEL REAY.
Songs and Ballads of Northern England.
(Contents principally taken from “Northumbrian
Minstrelsy” harmonised by the late Mr S. Reay,
about 1895.)
SUMNER, HEYWOOD. The Besom Maker, and other
country folk-songs. 1888.
SMITH, LAURA A. Music of the Waters. 1888.
—— Through Romany Song-land. 1889.
BROADWOOD, Rev. JOHN. Sussex Songs,
arranged by H. F. Birch Reynardson. 1889.
(This is a reprint of the tunes collected and
privately issued in 1843 by the Rev. John
Broadwood, with additional ones collected by
Miss Lucy E. Broadwood.)
BARING-GOULD, Rev. SABINE. Songs and
Ballads of the West. A collection made from the
mouths of the people, by Rev. S. Baring-Gould and
Rev. H. Fleetwood Sheppard. 4 parts. 1889-1891.
Methuen.
(Several later editions of the parts, and in volume
form. Also an entirely new edition in association
with Mr Cecil J. Sharp, published 1905.)
—— A Garland of Country Songs. 1895.
KIDSON, FRANK. Old English Country Dances
gathered from scarce printed collections, and from
manuscript. 1890.
(Contains several hitherto unprinted folk-airs
used as dance tunes.)
—— Traditional Tunes: a collection of ballad airs,
chiefly obtained in Yorkshire and the South of
Scotland. 1891.
BARRETT, W. ALEX. English Folk-Songs.
Collected and arranged by W. A. Barrett. Novello.
1891.
BROADWOOD, LUCY E., and J. A. FULLER
MAITLAND. English County Songs. Collected and
edited by ——. Leadenhall Press, and Cramer. 1893.
—— English Traditional Songs and Carols. Boosey. 1908.
TOZER, F. Sailors’ Songs and Chanties. Words
by F. Davis, music arranged from traditional
sailors’ airs. Boosey.
BRADFORD, J., and A. FAGGE. Old Sea
Chanties. Collected and arranged by ——. Metzler.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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