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Welcome to the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
Library Refurbishment and Closure 19 July - 5 September 2017
The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (VWML) is very excited to announce that its main reading room is to undergo a major refurbishment this summer to create a better space for users to discover and explore the English folk arts.
Cecil Sharp’s Appalachian Diaries: 1915-1918
Cecil James Sharp (1859-1924) was England's most prolific folk music and dance collector in what is now widely known as the First Folk Revival. His North American collection is regarded as a landmark in folk music fieldwork. Explore Sharp's only surviving personal diaries, in which he describes his collecting experiences in the Appalachian Mountains between 1915 and 1918.
Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs : History and Transmission
Researchers have long been fascinated by the recurrence of tunes in all manner of musical styles and genres, performance contexts, levels of society, historical periods, and geographical locations. But how are we to understand this phenomenon?
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Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles collecting in Kentucky, 1917. You can view Sharp's collection of photos and read his diaries on our library website www.vwml.org see what he was doing 100 years ago today #cecilsharp #folk #recording #collecting #tbt #kentucky #vwml #efdss
Happy record store day! Did you know you can come and listen to old records in our library? We also have some second hand records and CDs available to buy. #recordstoreday #camden #music #folk #phonograph #vwml #efdss
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VWML News
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Library Refurbishment and Closure 19 July - 5 September 2017
The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (VWML) is very excited to announce that its main reading room is to undergo a major refurbishment this summer to create a better space for users to discover and explore the English folk arts. -
New project brings major folk song collection to the UK
A new project to incorporate a pivotal collection into the world’s largest online searchable database of folk songs and music has been announced. -
Announcement - Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs: History and Transmission
A conference to be held at Cecil Sharp House, London, on 6 - 7 October 2017Organised by the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, EFDSS, and the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen -
Speakers for Upcoming Conferences Announced
The speakers for our upcoming 2017 conferences have been announced! Learn from the experts about street literature at Broadside Day, or morris dancing at the Histories of Morris in Britain!
