English folk music (1500–1899)

Births and deaths

Births

William Kimber (1872–1961) English morris musician
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) English composer and song collector
Sam Larner (1878–1965) English folk singer
Percy Grainger (1882–1961) Australian composer who collected and recorded English folk songs
Harry Cox (1885–1971) English folk singer
Lewis 'Scan' Tester (1886–1972) English folk musician

Collections of songs or music

1651 "English Dancing Master" by John Playford (1623–1686)
1725 "A Collection of Old Ballads" by Ambrose Philips
1765 "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry" by Thomas Percy (1721–1811)
1765 "Mother Goose's Melody" by anonymous
1788 "Yorkshire Garland" by Joseph Ritson
1793 "Northumberland Garland" by Joseph Ritson
1798 Manuscript dance tune book by Joshua Jackson
1827 "Minstrelsy Ancient and Modern" by William Motherwell (1797–1835)
1842 "Nursery Rhymes of England" by James Orchard Halliwell
1849 "Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales" by James Orchard Halliwell
1859 "Popular Music of Olden Time" by William Chappell (1809–1888)
1882 "English and Scottish Popular Ballads" by Francis James Child (1825–1896)
1893 English County Songs by J. A. Fuller Maitland (1856–1936) and Lucy Broadwood (1858–1929)
1893 "Songs and Ballads Of Northern England" by I Stokoe

English folk music

Folk music by era	1500–1899 1900–1949 1950–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009

Subgenres and fusions	Electric folk Folk baroque Folk punk Folk metal Medieval folk rock Progressive folk

Dance forms	General Abbots Bromley Horn Dance English country dance Furry Dance Garland dance Long Sword dance Maypole dance Morris dance 2/4 Dance Polka 2/2 and 4/4 Dances Hornpipe Reel 3/4 Dance Waltz 3/2 Dance Triple Hornpipe 6/8 Dance Jigs 9/8 Dance Slip jig

Song forms	Ballads Carols Children's songs Protest songs Sea shanties War songs Work songs

Instruments	Accordion Concertina Crowdy-crawn Fiddle Fife Lancashire bagpipe Lincolnshire bagpipes Melodeon Northumbrian smallpipes Tabor Tin whistle Yorkshire bagpipe

Regional traditions	Cornwall Northumbria Sussex

Related articles	External relations Cape Breton fiddling Folk music of Ireland Scottish folk music Folk music of Wales Miscellaneous Folk clubs Folk festival

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