 | | Home : Music : Folk : Bibliographies, Indexes & Discographies | | LINKS: |  | - A "Working" KWIC Concordance to Francis James Child's The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (1882
This is site is a "rough" concordance to Francis James Child's five volume edition of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (New York: Dover, [1882-1898] 1965). The concordance covers all 305 texts and their different versions (A, B, C, etc.), as well as Child's additions and corrections to the texts are included in the concordance and is presented as PDF files and as Postscript files compressed by the WinZip utility. The format for the concordance is that of an extended KWIC (Key Word In Context) which is explained on the site.
http://www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/CCRH/Ballads/ballads.html
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- A Short Bibliography of Early Music
Part of the Society for Creative Anachronism site this is a short annotated bibliography of books and other materials relating to music and performance arts from before 1600.
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/music_bibliography.html
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- Alan Lomax
All things Alan Lomax.... a comprehensive web site about "The Father of the American Folksong Revival" including a biography, discography, bibliography, his photography and every-thing-else-about-him-ography
http://www.alan-lomax.com/
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- An Introductory Bibliography on Morris Dancing:
The second online edition of An Introductory Bibliography on Morris Dancing: An annotated bibliography based on the holdings of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library of the EFDSS by Mike Heaney. Much like the Sword Dancing bibliography these pages are also helpfully indexed by location, period etc.
http://www.efdss.org/morrisbib.htm
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- Ceolas
This site houses the largest online collection of information on Celtic Music. With hundred of links, reviews, a mammoth tune index, Fiddler’s companion, midi and abc files, the site covers the traditional music of the celtic countries - Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany (in France), Galicia (in Spain) and areas which have come under their influence, such as the US and the maritime provinces of Canada, as well as some newer music based on the tradition from these countries.
http://www.ceolas.org/ceolas.html
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- English Folk Song
This bibliography is intended to serve both as an introduction to the study of English folk song, and as a guide to the numerous collections of songs which exist in print and manuscript. It is intended to be of assistance both to students of the subject, and to those who wish to sing the songs. Fully indexed and easy to navigate.
http://www.efdss.org/songbib.htm
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- Folk Music - An Index to Recorded
This site, hosted by the online library Ibiblio, is a large index of sources for songs and tunes from the States, Scotland and Ireland. The database is largely concernced with sound recordings, although this will not always be the case, and has a major emphasis on tradition based material from both commercial and non-commercial performers, including a considerable amount of old-time fiddle and banjo tunes
http://www.ibiblio.org/folkindex/
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- Folk songs of South-West England
This site contains information about folk songs in the South-West of England. In particular, the folk song collector Sabine Baring-Gould who collected material from Devon and Cornwall during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The site featues indexes to his collections, extracts and a wealth of biographical information.
http://www.greenjack.btinternet.co.uk/
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- Northumbrian Smallpipes Encyclopedia
Including useful descriptions of bagpipes from around the British Isles, this site provides a useful guide to the Northumbrian smallpipes. The pages include a brief history of the pipes, information on their development and advice for those wishing to take up the pipes. Also included are useful contacts for pipe suppliers, as well as links to piping events and competitions.
http://www.nspipes.co.uk/nsp/
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