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ENGLISH FOLK MUSIC

on Regional Programme Midland

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A programme of music by Gerrard Williams , founded on English folk tunes, and annotated by the composer
The BBC Midland Orchestra
Leader, Alfred Cave
Conducted by Eric Warr from the Royal Institution for the Blind, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Folk-tune Medley. Six variants of the Morris dance, Bacca Pipe Jig (Tunes collected in Gloucestershire (2), Somerset, Oxfordshire, Brackley and Brampton, by Cecil Sharp )
The Merry Green Broom (Herefordshire folk tune collected by Vaughan Williams)
Folk-tune Medley. Four variants of the Morris dance, The Maid of the Mill (Tunes collected by Cecil Sharp )
The High Road to Lynn. Norfolk dance tune (Tune whistled by Joe Skilling and taken down by Mrs. Lee)
The Cuckoo. Surrey folk tune (Tune noted by Frederick Keel)
Folk tune. Lovely Joan (Tune collected in Norfolk by Vaughan Williams)
Folk-tune Medley. The Fool's Jig ;
Princess Royal ; Glorishears (Tunes collected by Cecil Sharp )

Contributors

Music By:
Gerrard Williams
Conducted By:
Eric Warr
Unknown:
Cecil Sharp
Unknown:
Cecil Sharp
Unknown:
Joe Skilling
Unknown:
Cecil Sharp

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