E.F.D.S. News

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Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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E.F.D.S. News

E.F.D.S. News PDF Author:
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Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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City Folk

City Folk PDF Author: Daniel J. Walkowitz
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479890359
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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This is the story of English Country Dance, from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside, to its transatlantic leap to the U.S. in the 20th century, told by not only a renowned historian but also a folk dancer, who has both immersed himself in the rich history of the folk tradition and rehearsed its steps. In City Folk, Daniel J. Walkowitz argues that the history of country and folk dancing in America is deeply intermeshed with that of political liberalism and the ‘old left.’ He situates folk dancing within surprisingly diverse contexts, from progressive era reform, and playground and school movements, to the changes in consumer culture, and the project of a modernizing, cosmopolitan middle class society. Tracing the spread of folk dancing, with particular emphases on English Country Dance, International Folk Dance, and Contra, Walkowitz connects the history of folk dance to social and international political influences in America. Through archival research, oral histories, and ethnography of dance communities, City Folk allows dancers and dancing bodies to speak. From the norms of the first half of the century, marked strongly by Anglo-Saxon traditions, to the Cold War nationalism of the post-war era, and finally on to the counterculture movements of the 1970s, City Folk injects the riveting history of folk dance in the middle of the story of modern America.

Publications

Publications PDF Author: Folklore Society (Great Britain)
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 764

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Word-lore

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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Includes section "In printed pastures new".

The Gramophone

The Gramophone PDF Author:
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Category : Audio equipment industry
Languages : en
Pages : 1020

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Cecil Sharp

Cecil Sharp PDF Author: Maud Karpeles
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571287042
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 233

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Others came before and after him but no person is more strongly associated with the revival of English folk song and dance at the turn of the twentieth-century than Cecil Sharp (1859-1924). He collected about 5000 folk songs and nearly 500 dances. This prodigious achievement is told by someone who perhaps knew him better than anyone else. Maud Karpeles was his assistant for many years and accompanied him on his expeditions to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. This remains the definitive biography of the greatest figure in the English folk song and dance movement.

Imogen Holst

Imogen Holst PDF Author: Christopher Grogan
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843835991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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Extensively revised with new material, the book also includes a study of Imogen Hoist's music and a chronological list of her works, revealing her as a composer of tremendous talent, whose music deserves to be much more familiar.

English Studies

English Studies PDF Author: Reinard Willem Zandvoort
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 494

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The Routledge Companion to English Folk Performance

The Routledge Companion to English Folk Performance PDF Author: Peter Harrop
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000401596
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 814

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This broad-based collection of essays is an introduction both to the concerns of contemporary folklore scholarship and to the variety of forms that folk performance has taken throughout English history. Combining case studies of specific folk practices with discussion of the various different lenses through which they have been viewed since becoming the subject of concerted study in Victorian times, this book builds on the latest work in an ever-growing body of contemporary folklore scholarship. Many of the contributing scholars are also practicing performers and bring experience and understanding of performance to their analyses and critiques. Chapters range across the spectrum of folk song, music, drama and dance, but maintain a focus on the key defining characteristics of folk performance – custom and tradition – in a full range of performances, from carol singing and sword dancing to playground rhymes and mummers' plays. As well as being an essential reference for folklorists and scholars of traditional performance and local history, this is a valuable resource for readers in all disciplines of dance, drama, song and music whose work coincides with English folk traditions.

Word-lore; the 'folk' Magazine

Word-lore; the 'folk' Magazine PDF Author:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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