English folk music (1500 - 1899)
- English folk music (1500 - 1899)
= Births and deaths =
Births
* William Kimber (1872–1961) English morris musician
* Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) English composer and song collector
* Sam Larner (1878–1965) English folk singer
* Percy Grainger (1882–1961) Australian composer who collected and recorded English folk songs
* Harry Cox (1885–1971) English folk singer
* Lewis 'Scan' Tester (1886–1972) English folk musician
Collections of songs or music
* 1651 "English Dancing Master" by John Playford (1623–1686)
* 1725 "A Collection of Old Ballads" by Ambrose Philips
* 1765 "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry" by Thomas Percy (1721–1811)
* 1765 "Mother Goose's Melody" by anonymous
* 1788 "Yorkshire Garland" by Joseph Ritson
* 1793 "Northumberland Garland" by Joseph Ritson
* 1798 Manuscript dance tune book by Joshua Jackson
* 1827 "Minstrelsy Ancient and Modern" by William Motherwell (1797–1835)
* 1842 "Nursery Rhymes of England" by James Orchard Halliwell
* 1849 "Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales" by James Orchard Halliwell
* 1859 "Popular Music of Olden Time" by William Chappell (1809–1888)
* 1882 "English and Scottish Popular Ballads" by Francis James Child (1825–1896)
* 1893 "Songs and Ballads Of Northern England" by I Stokoe
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