I'm pleased to see that the modes are alive and well in the twenty-first century. Cazden did what he could to kill them off, and for a while I feared that he...
... It tells us, at least, something about the ingenuity of Kilpatrick and Anderson; it's not the easiest thing to compose an air in Locrian, at least one...
The "feel" of the modes is interesting. During the 90s, I worked as muso/storysound maker with a theatre company called Aztec. We devised a version of Marlow's...
I don't think either Steve or I were thinking of creating an index of the type that appears in printed books or conference papers. The problem of using huge...
". . .reminded me very strongly of a couple of broadsides ("Locks and Bolts Do Hinder" and another whose name escapes me) but which didn't seem to follow the...
It's possible, I suppose, that they got the song from the same source, or it may be simply another song with the same story. Do they give a provenance for the...
The current state of affairs is that databases are developed using specialised database engines (Access, Sequel Server, MySql, ...) that are not very user...
There has always been a problem with software in this respect. Apple users cannot us PC programs and vice-versa, unless the author develops parallel versions....
Thanks, Malcolm and Cliff. My point was that you can have different songs with the same story. I think the name of the other broadside was "The Iron Door". I...
Jim, Thanks for the information. The Sam Henry collection(s) seem especially useful for the reasons you note. C. "My point was that you can have different...
Hi, I'm looking for a good ABC to Midi program that costs nothing, as I've been out of work for a while now. I've been using Bernard Chenery's AbcPlay program...
In the 35 years since I've been living in South Wales, though my own research I have amassed a solid chunk of Welsh folk song, sea song and industrial ballads...
Hi Folks The Easter Bunny has done his dance, though it is a little less Springish than it was at the weekend. St George's Day looks pretty busy for most of...
Curses! I've arranged to spend the weekend with my sister in Forest Gate for that weekend - I always do when I come down to London - so it looks like I'm in...
Hi folks When I wrote a couple of weeks ago to say that we had chosen June 25th as the date for the next meeting Rod Stradling wrote back to remind me that it...
25 June at Postlip during the English Country Music Weekend seems the ideal slot to me. Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to come on that day. Eddie Eddie Upton...
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... However, there would be a captive audience as it were, including a bunch of tune researchers and plenty of potential new members of the Forum. J -- John...
1. Alan Lomax Archive online From: hwood50@... ... Am I the first one to notice that the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library is not in this list? All the...
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... From: "Rod Stradling" <rod@...> 1. Alan Lomax Archive online From: hwood50@... ... Center ... <<Am I the first one to notice that the...
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from the Ballad-L list: PS Books (http://www.psbooks.co.uk/) has remaindered copies of Tom MacKean's book, Hebridean Song Maker; Ian MacNeacail of the Isle of...
Sorry folks, I meant to send the message to this group as well as Ballad-L and just plumb forgot. So thanks, Heather. Cheers, Fred McCormick. In a message...
I am very pleased to be able to say that, at last, I have completed the complete revision of the TSF website. I hope that you will agree that it is an...
Collection for Fair Havens Hospice During the Keith Summers memorial festival of 20th to 22nd May, at The Musical Traditions Club, we will be holding a...
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