This collection contains 55 rare books on English folk songs and dances published as early as the 1700s to early 1900s. It contains song lyrics, sheet music, and dance instructions. Dance styles covers English country, Morris folk, northern England sword-dances, and more!
Take a look at the sample pages taken from just some of these books in the collection.
All of the book titles that are included in this DVD are listed as follows:
A handbook to the Stratford-upon-Avon festival, with articles by F.R. Benson, A Hutchinson, R R. Buckley, C J. Sharp. (1913)
Country dances selected as perform'd at court and all publick assemblies and entertainments Part 1 & 2 (1748)
English folk song, some conclusions - Cecil Sharp (1907)
English folk songs from the southern Appalachians - comprising 122 songs and ballads, and 323 tunes - Cecil Sharp (1917)
English folk-carols - with pianoforte accompaniment and an introduction and notes - Cecil Sharp (1911)
English folk-chanteys - with pianoforte accompaniment, introduction and notes - Cecil Sharp (1914)
English folk-song and dance - F Kidson (1915)
English folk-song and dance - F Kidson (1915)_2
English folk-songs - R V Williams (1912)
English folk-songs for schools - Sabine Baring-Gould (190-)
Essays on song-writing with a collection of such English songs as are most eminent for poetical merit - John Aikin 91772)
Folk songs from Somerset Part 1 - Cecil Sharp (1900)
Folk songs from Somerset Part 2 - Cecil Sharp (1900)
Folk songs from Somerset Part 3 - Cecil Sharp (1900)
Folk songs from Somerset Part 4 - Cecil Sharp (1900)
Folk songs from Somerset Part 5 - Cecil Sharp (1900)
Folk songs from Sussex - George Butterworth (1913)
Folk songs of England Book 1 Folk Songs From Dorset - Cecil Sharp (1908)
Folk-songs of English origin collected in the Appalachian Mountains - Cecil Sharp (c1921)
Illustrations of Shakespeare and of ancient manners ... and on the English Morris dance - Francis Douce (1839)
Kemps nine daies wonder performed in a dance from London to Norwich - W Kemp (1840)
Morris dance tunes - collected from traditional sources and arranged for piano solo - Cecil Sharp (1900)
Morris dance tunes - collected from traditional sources and arranged for piano solo Set IX - Cecil Sharp (1913)
Old English ballads and folk songs - W Armes (1904)
One hundred English folksongs - Cecil Sharp (1916)
One hundred English folksongs - Cecil Sharp (1916)_2
Songs and ballads of the West a collection made from the mouths of the people - Sabine Baring-Gould (1891)
Songs of the West. Folk Songs of Devon and Cornwall - Sabine Baring-Gould (1905)
The country dance book Pt. 1-2 - Cecil Sharp (1909)
The country dance book Pt. 3 - Cecil Sharp (1912)
The country dance book Pt. 4 - Cecil Sharp (1916)
The country dance book Pt. 6 - Cecil Sharp (1909)
The dancing-master or, Directions for dancing country dances, with the tunes to each dance, for the treble-violin - H Playford (1709)
The English country dance Vol. 1 - Cecil Sharp (192-)
The English country dance Vol. 2 - Cecil Sharp (192-)
The English country dance Vol. 3 - Cecil Sharp (192-)
The English country dance Vol. 5 - Cecil Sharp (192-)
The English country dance Vol. 6 - Cecil Sharp (192-)
The English country dance Vol. 7 - Cecil Sharp (192-)
The English country dance Vol. 8 - Cecil Sharp (192-)
The Esperance Morris Book Part 1 - M Neal (c1910-1912)
The Esperance Morris Book Part 2 - M Neal (c1910-1912)
The Morris Book - description of dances as performed by the Morris Men of England Vol. 1 - Cecil Sharp (1913) [TEXT & IMAGES - NOT SCAN]
The Morris Book - with a description of dances as performed by the Morris Men of England Vol. 2 - Cecil Sharp (1919)
The Morris Book - with a description of dances as performed by the Morris Men of England Vol. 3 - Cecil Sharp (1910)
The Morris Book - with a description of dances as performed by the Morris Men of England Vol. 4 - Cecil Sharp (1911)
The Morris Book - with a description of dances as performed by the Morris Men of England Vol. 5 - Cecil Sharp (1913)
The Morris dance Descriptions of eleven Dances - Josephine Brower (1910)
The story of minstrelsy - E Duncan (1907)
The sword dances of northern England, together with the horn dance of Abbots Bromley 1 - Cecil Sharp (1911)
The sword dances of northern England, together with the horn dance of Abbots Bromley 2 - Cecil Sharp (1913)
The sword-dances of northern England - Book 1 - Cecil Sharp (1911)
The sword-dances of northern England - Book 2 - Cecil Sharp (1911)
The sword-dances of northern England - Book 3 - Cecil Sharp (1911)
Twenty four country dances for the year 1772 (1772)