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Call for papers: Folk Song Conference

: Thursday, 17 May 2018 13:53

Saturday 10 to Sunday 11 November 2018

Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 7AY

Every year, EFDSS organises at least one full-scale scholarly conference, devoted to a particular aspect of its work - folk song, dance, or tunes. This year it is the turn of Folk Song, and submissions are invited for what is sure to be a major gathering of song researchers and enthusiasts.

Vaughan Williams Memorial Library to create a Folk Song Subject Index

: Thursday, 19 April 2018 17:20

Have you ever wanted to find folk songs about sea battles, or unrequited love, or ghosts?

The English Folk Dance and Song Society’s Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (VWML) is undertaking a substantial new project to index, for the first time, what folk songs are about.

Folk collection returns ‘back home’ to new audiences

: Tuesday, 27 March 2018 11:03

A renowned folk collection that was recorded around Britain over seventy-five years ago and has been stored in America ever since has been brought to new online audiences, thanks to a project led by the University of Aberdeen’s Elphinstone Institute in partnership with the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS).

Job vacancy: Archivist

: Wednesday, 21 February 2018 12:45

The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) is offering an exciting opportunity for a committed archives and records management professional to join the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library as Archivist.

Photograph courtesy of Peter Perry. The fiddler is Richard Sharp of the Boxgrove Tipteers and the ladies are dancing ‘The Black Nag’ in the garden of Richard Sharp’s house in Chichester.

Call for Papers: Locating Women in 'The Folk'

: Thursday, 07 December 2017 15:54

Perspectives on women's contributions to folk song, folklore and cultural traditions

Saturday 9 June 2018, University of Sussex

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Vaughan Williams Memorial Library to create a Folk Song Subject Index

Folk collection returns ‘back home’ to new audiences

Job vacancy: Archivist

Call for Papers: Locating Women in 'The Folk'

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Cecil Sharp's English Folk Song: Some Conclusions