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Folk Music Journal: Volumes 1 to 3

Volume 1

Volume 1 of the Journal is for the five years 1965-1969

Number 1 (1965) contains the following pieces:

Douglas Kennedy, A Folk Study Centre in London
Bill Cassie, Rapper Knots from High Spen
Mary Rowland, Which Noble Duke?
Lucile Armstrong, The 'Virgen de la Vega': Giants and Dwarfs at Piedrahita, Avila, Spain
F B Hamer, Another Newspaper Song Competition [letter]
Michael Kennedy, The Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams [letter]

... together with reviews.

Number 2 (1966) contains the following pieces:

P S Duncan, James Bruce Duncan (1848-1917)
P N Shuldham-Shaw, The James Duncan Manuscript Folk Song Collection (with Ten Songs)
Bill Cassie, Rapper Knots from Amble and Bedlington
Lois Blake, The Nantgarw Dances
Douglas Kennedy, A Successful Experiment

... together with reviews.

Number 3 (1967) contains the following pieces:

Frank Purslow, The George Gardiner Folk Song Collection (with Ten Songs)
Julian Pilling, The Lancashire Clog Dance
Violet Alford, A New Addition to the Folkestone International Folk Festival 1967
A L Lloyd / Michael Yates / P Shuldham-Shaw , Further Notes on the James Duncan Collection
Gilmour Jenkins, Sir Steuart Wilson (1889-1966) [obituary]
Douglas Kennedy / Peter Kennedy, Mary, Lady Trevelyan (1882-1966) [obituary]
John S Weissmann, Dr. Zoltan Kodaly, (1882-1967) [obituary]

... together with reviews.

Number 4 (1968) contains the following pieces:

A L Lloyd, Albanian Folk Song
Ljubica S Jankovic, Dancing for the Dead in Yugoslavia
Ljubica & Danica S Jankovic, Masked Dancers in Serbia
Frank Purslow, The Hammond Brothers' Folk Song Collection (with Nine Songs)
William Bruce Olson, Another Note on the James Duncan Collection
Frank Howes, Clive Carey (1883-1968) [obituary]

... together with reviews.

Number 5 (1969) contains the following pieces:

Ivor Clissold, Alfred Williams, Song Collector
Frank Purslow, The Williams Manuscripts
John R Baldwin, Songs in the Upper Thames Valley, 1966-1969
Patrick O'Shaughnessey, 21 Lincolnshire Folk Songs
Frank Howes, Joan Sharp (1898-1968) [obituary]
Jack Putterill, George Chambers (1881-1969) [obituary]
D N Kennedy, Marius Barbeau (1885-1969) [obituary]
Pat Shaw, Edric Connor (1915-1968) [obituary]

... together with reviews.

Volume 2

Volume 2 of the Journal is for the five years 1970-1974

Number 1 (1970) contains the following pieces:

Jinky Wells, Writings of Jinky Wells
George Emmerson, The Hornpipe
Venetia Newall, The Egg Dance
Leslie Shepard, Prudishness in the 19th Century [letter]
Kenneth Loveless, Frederick Hamer (1909-1969) [obituary]
E C Cawte, Alex Helm (1920-1970) [obituary]
William Ganiford, Everal de Jersey (1897-1969) [obituary]
Silvester Mazzarella, Otto Andersson (1879-1969) [obituary]

... together with reviews.

Number 2 (1971) contains the following pieces:

Helen Kennedy North, Prelude [to Symposium on Diamond Jubilee of English Folk Dance Society]
Douglas Kennedy, Folk Dance Revival
Roy Judge, A Branch of May
Violet Alford, Foreign Relations
Maud Karpeles, Past and Present
E C Cawte, The Riccall Sword Dance
Sam Steele, Seven Lancashire Steps
R D Cannon, The Bagpipe in Northern England
Peter Kennedy, Harry Cox (1885-1971) [Obituary]
K B Constable, Marjorie Sinclair (1890-1971) [Obituary]
Frank Howes, Robert Thurston Dart (1921-1971) [Obituary]

... together with reviews.

Number 3 (1972) contains the following pieces:

Michael Kennedy, R V W
Rosamund Strode, The Folksong Manuscripts [of R Vaughan Williams]
Elizabeth Poston, R V W's Piano Accompaniments
Imogen Holst, Holst's Debt of Gratitude
Frank Howes, The Amalgamation
Philip Spratley, Two Songs Collected in Nottinghamshire
R D Cannon, English Bagpipe Music
D Harker, Cecil Sharp in Somerset: Some Conclusions
Leslie Shepard, Harry Cox [letter]
E C Cawte, All For the Grog [letter]
Edward Nicol, Miss Violet Alford (1881-1972) [obituary]
Douglas Kennedy, Rolf Gardiner (1902-1971) [obituary]
Frieda Burford, Miss Melusine Wood [obituary]

... together with reviews.

Number 4 (1973) contains the following pieces:

John Browell, Dance Tradition in Buckden
Roy Palmer, George Dunn: Twenty One Songs and Fragments
Les Williamson, Westerhope Traditional Prize Sword Dancers
Alan & Jean Seymour, The Pace Egg in Southern Lancashire
William Bruce Olson, A Note on the Tune 'Jamaica'
Leslie Shepard, Cecil Sharp [letter]
Michael Grosvenor Myer, Harry Cox [letter]
Bob Thomson, Harry Cox [letter]

... together with reviews.

Number 5 (1974) contains the following pieces:

R S Thomson, Songs from the Grainger Collection
Geoffrey M Ridden, The Goathland Plough Monday Customs
Luis Torres, Michael Praetorius and Two English Country Dances
Bryan Harris, Crwmpyn John
Imogen Holst, Gustav Holst's Debt to Cecil Sharp
J B Marriott, The Bagpipe in Northern England [letter]
G D Towner, A Note on 'La Varsovianna' [letter]
Mary Huddleston, Caroline and her Young Sailor Bold [letter]
Morag Macleod / Ailie Munro, Ethel Rose Bassin (1889-1974) [obituary]
Russell Wortley, Arthur Peck (1902-1974) [obituary]

... together with reviews.

This listing has been produced, by permission, from Steve Roud's database of Journal contents.

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