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The folk handbook : working with songs from the English tradition / Creative director: Nigel Osborne ; Editor: John Morrish ; Design: Paul Cooper ; Music editor: Rod Fogg ; transcriptions of CD tracks: Julian Elloway.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Backbeat, 2007.Description: 288 p. : ill., music ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780879309015
Subject(s): Issued with: The folk handbook tracks 1-14
Contents:
An introduction to folk / Vic Gammon -- Folk portraits / John Morrish -- Folk and the English / John Morrish -- English folk song in America / Stephanie Smith -- The folk revivals / Mark Brend -- Folk in Britain today / Nigel Williamson -- Folk in America today / David Sheppard -- The music of English folk song / Rikky Rooksby -- Working with folk song / Martin Carthy -- The folk songbook / Malcolm Taylor, David Atkinson and John Howson.
Summary: Selection of 90 English folk songs with essays on collectors, traditional singers, folk revivals, bibliography, discography.
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Item type Home library Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode
Books Books VWML MPS 60 (31) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference only 16018

With accompanying CD: shelved at SCD 1325.

An introduction to folk / Vic Gammon -- Folk portraits / John Morrish -- Folk and the English / John Morrish -- English folk song in America / Stephanie Smith -- The folk revivals / Mark Brend -- Folk in Britain today / Nigel Williamson -- Folk in America today / David Sheppard -- The music of English folk song / Rikky Rooksby -- Working with folk song / Martin Carthy -- The folk songbook / Malcolm Taylor, David Atkinson and John Howson.

Selection of 90 English folk songs with essays on collectors, traditional singers, folk revivals, bibliography, discography.