A series of four illustrated talks by Maud Karpeles
1-The Name and Nature of Folk Music
Illustrations by Patrick Shuldham-Shaw (baritone) and Elsie Avril (violin)
Next talk: August 20
Miss Karpeles is secretary of the International Folk Music Council, which is meeting this summer in Brazil. She collaborated with Cecil Sharp in founding the English Folk Dance Society, and visited America with him in 1917 to collect folk music in the Appalachian Mountains. She has also collected a large amount of folk music in Britain.