The English Folk Dance and Song Society formed in 1932 when two organisations merged: the Folk-Song Society and the English Folk Dance Society formed by Cecil Sharp in 1911. Cecil James Sharp (22 November 1859 – 23 June 1924 was the founding father of the folklore revival in England in the early twentieth century, and many
The Folk-Song Society, founded in 1898, focused on collecting and publishing, primarily folk songs of Britain and Ireland although there was no formal limitation. Participants included Lucy Broadwood, Kate Lee, Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, George B. Lucy Etheldred Broadwood ( August 9, 1858 &ndash August 22, 1929) was principally an English folksong collector and researcher during the Kate Lee, born Catharine Anna Spooner (March 9th 1858-July 25th 1904 was a singer and folksong collector Cecil James Sharp (22 November 1859 – 23 June 1924 was the founding father of the folklore revival in England in the early twentieth century, and many Ralph (reɪf Vaughan Williams OM (12 October 1872 &ndash 26 August 1958 was an English Composer of symphonies, Chamber music For George Butterworth Illustrator & Cartoonist see George Butterworth (Cartoonist. Gardiner, Henry Hammond, Anne Gilchrist and Ella Leather. Anne Gilchrist OBE FSA (8th December 1863 - 24th July 1954 was a folk-song collector
The English Folk Dance Society was founded in 1911 by Cecil Sharp. Cecil James Sharp (22 November 1859 – 23 June 1924 was the founding father of the folklore revival in England in the early twentieth century, and many Maud Karpeles was a leading participant. Maud Karpeles ( 12 November 1885 - 1 October 1976) was a collector of folksongs Its purpose was to preserve and promote English folk dances in their traditional forms, including Morris and sword dances, traditional social dances, and interpretations of the dances published by John Playford. John Playford was born in Norwich in 1623 and died in London in 1686
One of the greatest contributions that the EFDSS made to the folk movement, both dance and song, was the folk festival, starting with the Stratford-upon-Avon Festival in the 1940s and expanding later to festivals in Whitby, Sidmouth, Holmfirth, Chippenham and elsewhere. Whitby is a historic town and Civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire on the north-east coast of England. Sidmouth (ˈsɪdməθ is a small town on the English Channel Coast in Devon, South West England. Holmfirth is a small town located on the A6024 Woodhead Road in the Holme Valley, within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Chippenham is a Market town in Wiltshire, England, located at, some 21 km (13 miles east of Bath and 163 km (96 miles west of London
In 1998, with the folk movement strongly supported by a number of other organizations and the seeds planted by EFDSS thriving, the EFDSS altered its strategy to focus on education and archiving, with its primary goal the development of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library as the country's national archive and resource centre for folk music, dance and song. The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library is the library and archive of the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS located in the society's London headquarters Cecil Their regular scholarly publication is Folk Music Journal.
References
External links
- Folk Music Journal home page
- English Folk Dance and Song Society website
- English Dance and Song Magazine website
- The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
- The Folkopedia Project
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