Alice Little

Folk Tunes and Englishness

Folk Tunes and Englishness

In this 3-part series, Dr Alice Little speaks with folk musicians, researchers and musi...

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Title	Description	People	Date	Captions
The Dancing Master in Context: Playford’s publishing and music-making in 17th century England	In this session, we explore what Playford’s publishing activities can tell us about how music was incorporated into different social environments in seventeenth-century English society and the role music played in peoples lives.	Rebecca Herissone, Alice Little, Helen Cook	30 November, 2023
A dance band for Playford?	This talk will consider how and why the frontispiece to this edition was different from those in earlier editions and place the image in relation to other images of ballroom dance bands before and after 1728.	Jeremy Barlow, Alice Little, Helen Cook	2 November, 2023
English folk tunes, borders, nationalism and race	Dr Alice Little speaks with folk musicians and researchers Cohen Braithwaite- Kilcoyne, Nicola Beazley, Stewart Hardy, Tom Kitching, and Marie Bashiru about the borders of English folk music - regionally, racially, and conceptually.	Alice Little, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Nicola Beazley, Stewart Hardy, Tom Kitching, Marie Bashiru	10 May, 2021
English folk tunes in performance today	Musicians Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron, and Alan Lamb join Dr Alice Little to discuss English folk music in performance today.	Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron, Alan Lamb, Alice Little	3 May, 2021
A history of English folk tunes	Dr Alice Little speaks with folk musicians and music collectors Jeremy Barlow, Matt Coatsworth, and Becky Price about the history of English folk music, and what makes it so 'English'.	Alice Little, Jeremy Barlow, Matt Coatsworth, Becky Price	26 April, 2021