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This category contains folk songs which originated in England. For a comprehensive list of 25,000 traditional English language songs, see List of folk songs by Roud number . Contents
The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) listed 187,800 records in the growing Folksong database as at October 2012 (which total includes all of the songs in the Broadside database that have 'traditional' origins). [1] The purpose of the index is to give each song a unique identifying number.
The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of around 250,000 [1] references to nearly 25,000 songs collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world. It is compiled by Steve Roud. [2] Roud's Index is a combination of the Broadside Index (printed sources before 1900) and a "field-recording index" compiled by Roud.
In the strictest sense, English folk music has existed since the arrival of the Anglo-Saxon people in Britain after 400 AD. The Venerable Bede's story of the cattleman and later ecclesiastical musician Cædmon indicates that in the early medieval period it was normal at feasts to pass around the harp and sing 'vain and idle songs'. [1]
Launched in June 2013, The Full English is a folk archive of 44,000 records and over 58,000 digitised images; it is the world's biggest digital archive of traditional music and dance tunes. [1] The archive brings together 19 collections from noted archivists, including Lucy Broadwood, Percy Grainger, Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams. [1]
English folk songs (47 C, 329 P) Scottish folk songs (13 C, 88 P) Welsh folk songs (1 C, 17 P) * British folk rock songs (38 C, 46 P) K.
English Folk Song Suite. English Folk Song Suite is one of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams ' most famous works. It was first published for the military band as Folk Song Suite and its premiere was given at Kneller Hall on 4 July 1923, conducted by Lt Hector Adkins. [1] The piece was then arranged for full orchestra in 1924 by Vaughan ...
Cecil James Sharp (22 November 1859 – 23 June 1924) [1] was an English collector of folk songs, folk dances and instrumental music, as well as a lecturer, teacher, composer and musician. [2] He was a key figure in the folk-song revival in England during the Edwardian period. [3] According to Roud's Folk Song in England, Sharp was the country ...