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Violet Alford (18 March 1881 – 16 February 1972) [1] was an internationally recognised authority on folk dancing and its related music, costume, and folk customs. She believed that a common prehistoric root explained the similarities found across much of Europe.
The farandole was first described in detail by the English folklorist Violet Alford in 1932. [3] The following description is from the county of Nice: [ 13 ] "Traditionally led by the abbat-mage holding a ribboned halberd , the dancers hold hands and skip at every beat; strong beats on one foot, alternating left and right, with the other foot ...
Researcher Violet Alford said that it was a mistake to include the stringed drum under the name of psalterium, the Latin name of a strummed or plucked instrument. [2] Curt Sachs described the Tambourine de Béarn as being from South France, a "longitudinal zither with thick gut strings tune to tonic and dominant."
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Violet Alford, « The Baccubert », in Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society,Francis Bacon Society, p. 8-15, 1940,222 pages. Fernand-Henri Carlhian, Folklore briançonnais. Le Bacchu-ber conservé à Pont-de-Cervières : une danse des épées... une survivance du culte de Bacchus, 1959.
The folklorist Violet Alford devised the plot of the ballet. [3] Paul Kildea describes the plot as a "quayside morality tale". [4] The plot of the ballet concerns a sailor led astray by a 'bad girl' who was a "mistress of her trade" as described in "A Roving"; she robs the sailor after the two embark on a pub crawl.
Alford was born at Hill Street at Berkeley Square, Mayfair, [2] the eldest son of John Cust, 2nd Baron Brownlow by his first wife, Sophia Hume. His mother was the daughter of Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet and Lady Amelia Egerton, great-granddaughter of John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater .
"A Series of Unfortunate Events" told the story of three young child whom become orphans after their parents are killed in a massive fire. They are then forced to go live with their very eccentric ...