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Traditional Music- britain and ireland

  • Writer: adam kadishman shakine
    adam kadishman shakine
  • Jul 30
  • 11 min read

Updated: Aug 25


British and irish country dance albums:


Green ginger- albums (reflects regency dance music in regency britain and ireland):















England


English traditional dance & instrumental music

ancient music-

artists and albums:


alamire & Andrew awrence king:

-deo gracias angla!: medieval English carols- the trinity carol rolls


Paul hillier, the musicians of swanne alley:

  • The sound of shakespeare


ensemble belladona: Melodious Melancholye (The Sweet Sounds of Medival England)


Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel:

En Albion: Medieval Polyphony in England (Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH 2021 album)


the Dufay collective:

-miri it is: songs & instrumental music from medieval england

-Johnny, Cock thy Beaver: popular music-making in 17th century England


the city waits:

-penny merriment

-how the world wags


Tarleton's jig:

- Elizabethan street songs


Ars Antiqua De Paris:

– Elizabethan Music


Ensemble Ars Antiqua Genève:

– L'Age D'Or De La Musique Anglaise


serendipity:

-robin hood: music for an English outlaw (the gift of music album 2014)


Sirinu:

– All Goodly Sports: The Complete Music Of Henry VIII (chandos records album 1998)


Smithsonian folkways albums:


-Tom Kines: Songs from Shakespeare's Plays and Songs of His Time


the Dufay collective:

-Miri It Is: songs and instrumental music from medieval England

-Johnny, Cock thy Beaver: popular music-making in 17th century England


dante ferrara


manuscripts composers & collections:


the Gresley manuscript

Lovelace Manuscript by Lovelace published in about 1647

john playford's The English Dancing Master- 1651-1703

Playford’s Dancing Master: The Compleat Dance Guide:

john hilton the younger-Catch That Catch Can (1652 playford)

John Young the Dancing Master (continuation of playford's dancing master with additional tunes); 1706-1728

Henry Atkinson manuscript; 1694

Thomas Bray's country dances, 1699

Thomas Marsden's Collection of Lancashire Hornpipes, 1705

Daniel Wright's Extraordinary Collection of Pleasant and Merry Humours, 1713

Nathaniel Kynaston - 24 country dances for the year 1713

John Walsh in his Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1718

John Walsh: Most Celebrated Jiggs, Lancashire Hornpipes (early 18th century)

Daniel walsh's The Compleat Country Dancing Master (1735)

Daniel Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances 1740

John Johnson's Two Hundred Favorite Country Dances vols. 1-8 1740-1758

Thomas wilson- 1816 a companion to the ballroom

Waylet's Collection of Country Dances (1749)

John Johnson: A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances (mid 18th century)

David Rutherford: Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances (mid 18th century)

John Hinton-The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (contains some tunes) 1747–1814

Charles and Samuel Thompson Book/Manuscript Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances Vols1-5 1751-88

Samuel Ann & Peter Thompson: Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances (mid-late 18th century)

William Randall 24 Country Dances for the year…

Mid 18th century.

Richard bride- Twenty four Country Dances for the Year [1766; 1769; 1772]

Henry thompson country dances

manuscript from Aston-on-Carrant (Gloucestershire, copy of 1770 MS)

William Vickers manuscript 1770-1772

Vocal Music, or The Songster's Companion of 1775

James Biggins music manuscript (Leeds, west Yorkshire)- 1779

Twelve Country Dances for the Year 1779 by Ignatius Sancho

Thomas Preston Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year…

Late 18th century.

W.M. Cahusac

William Winter's Quantocks Tune Book

Country Dances of the cahusac family 1750s- 1820s

John Fentum's Favorite Country Dances for 1795

The Gentleman and Lady’s Companion by John Griffiths 1798

Joshua Jackson's manuscript-1798

Thomas Calvert music manuscript collection 1799

1799 manuscript by William Mittell of New Romney in Kent

John Fentum's Favorite Country Dances late 18th early 19th centuries

Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes, published c. 1800

peacocks tunebook-William Wright-A Favorite Collection of Tunes with Variations Adapted for the Northumberland Small Pipes, Violin, or Flute-1801

Composed by Mr Gray. Adapted for the violin, german flute, oboe etc., with figures 1803

Wheatstone’s Country Dances Book 5th, 1810

j. gray- twenty four country dances for the year 1812

Goulding, D'Almaine and Potter 24 Country Dances early 19th century.

early 19th century music manuscript of British military fifer John Buttery

James Biggins, his book

John Bell: John Bell music manuscript collection c. 1812

Matthew Betham music manuscript collection 1815

Button and co., Whitaker and Beadnell's Country Dances early 19th century

longman and co. and broderip country dances late 18th century

John Charles White's Collection of New and Favorite Dances early 19th century.

William Robinson (c. 1790-c. 1860)

John White collections early 19th century

John Clare manuscript (Helpston, Northants, 1820)

the Rev. Robert Harrison manuscript (Brampton, Cumbria, 1820)

the music manuscript book of fiddler John Burk, dated 1821

the Pyle Family Manuscript-1822

Robert Hughes (Whitchurch, Shropshire, 1823)

Joseph Kershaw music manuscript (1820s)

Joshua Gibbons MS,1823,Tealby,Lincs.

the country dances of button and co.

Wheatstone’s Country Dances Book 5th, 1810

music manuscript collection of the Browne Family (of Troutbeck, Lake District, Cumbria 1825)

James Haslingden (Midlands, 1827)

George Spencer (Leeds, west Yorkshire, 1831)

Lionel Winship's music manuscript (1833, Wark, Northumberland)

James Winder's music copybook (1835-41, Lancashire)

John Rook music manuscript collection 1840

Lawrence Leadley (Helperby, Yorkshire, c. 1840's)

John Roose music manuscript collection c. 1850

james hill c.1811 – 1853

Ellis Knowles manuscript-1847

William Irwin music manuscript collection-c. 1850

William Clarke music manuscript mid-19th century

Thomas Hampton's manuscript late 19th century.

J. Collingwood Bruce & John Stokoe: Northumbrian Minstrelsy 1882


Traditional folk dance musicians and albums:


Pete cooper:

-English fiddle tunes

a large collection of tunes from many different eras and areas


John playford english dancing master- circa 1650-1750

musicians and their albums:


Mary vanhoozer:


Mark gliston:


Shulamit kleinerman:


Les witches:


The broadside band (albums):

English country dances from playford's dancing master:


John Playford - The English Dancing Master (1651) (22 Country Dances Du XVIIᵉ Siècle)

(1978 album)


Luthval (lute player youtube channel playlist)


Bill resseguie- hammered dulcimer (youtube channel playlist)


NyckelharpaUK


chestnut-cecil laye







Nathaniel knyaston manuscripts:

Twenty Four New Country Dances For the Year 1711, 1714, 1716,1718

Belshazzar’s feast- nathaniel knyaston’s famous dance (album)


William vickers manuscript- circa 1770

Musicians and albums:

Jim’s red pants- whitby abbey (album)

Andrew cadie- Half witted merry and mad (album)


Thomas straight manuscript 1779-1784

Regency dances- the birmingham baroque collective- country dances by thomas straight album:


thomas skillern manuscript 1781:


Country Dances by Thomas Wilson, 1809-1819:



Joshua Jackson tunebook-1798

Bob diehl- trip to harrogate (album):


Pyle family manuscript 1822

Hampshire dance tunes (album):




Late 18th century early 19th century manuscripts from northern england


Mikey kenny-northwest english fiddle (album)

Tunes found in the manuscripts of

H.S.I. Jackson, Edward Winder, James Winder, John Winder, James Nuttall, William Irwin, Joseph Barnes, The Browne Family, Senhouse, Henry Stables, Thomas Marsden.

album:


An album of northern english tunes from the 18th and 19th centuries

Cut and dry band- the wind in the reeds (album):


Bonny north tyne album

Artists featured:


Holey Ha'penny: Classic Recordings Of Traditional Music From The North-East Of England

Artists featured:


the cheviot ranters


the high level ranters



An example of traditional dance music particular more to southern england


Lost morris (album):


The Adderbury morris men

-Sing and play the music of the Adderbury tradition


dartington morris


Live Traditional Music at The Trooper Inn UK


andy drysdale


Francis Shergold & Bampton Traditional Morris Dancers


beltain


the brunos:



cry havoc-english folk dance project the music of cry havoc


William kimber:


John kirkpatrick and sue harris:


Scan tester- i never played to many posh dances:



Bob cann-


west country melodeon:



Pigeon on the gate- melodeon players from east anglia


billy bennington


the rice family


english country music from east anglia



general traditional dance music


cohen braithwaite kilcoyne


anahata:


lester bailey


will allen


english melodeon and concertina playlist


Old Swan band:


lance frodsham:

-the English dulcimer: country morris and sword dances arranged for fretted dulcimer


flowers and frolics


the english fiddle ensemble


mikey kenny


bryony griffith


David spalding sharp-


the english country dance band-


persons of quality-


Traditional folk singers and albums


Joseph taylor (south)- 1907 recodings:


Harry cox (south)


The copper family (south)


Bob Copper-

Countryside Songs From The South


Sam larner (East anglia)


The willett family (south)


Jasper levy minty and phoebe smith (south)


phoebe smith


Bob hart (southeast)


George “pop’ Maynard:


Walter pardon:


Fred jordan (shropshire)


Stan hugill (shanties)


jumbo brightwell


frank hinchliffe


Isla cameron and lou killen: northumbrian songs and ballads

Isla cameron and bob davenport- northumbrian minstrelsy


Shirley and dolly collins:


Ewan mccoll & peggy seeger-manchester angel (album)


Cyril Poacher-


Audrey coppard-


Wallace house:


A.l. Lloyd:

English drinking songs (album):

England and her traditional songs 1 & 2 (albums):


Will noble:


Tony wales:


watersons:


The young tradition:


Tim Hart and maddy prior:


Harry boardman:


John Roberts & Tony Barrand


when the sheepshearing's done


sussex harvest


i'm a romany rai


when the sheepshearing's done (album)


im a romany rai (album)


down in the fields-an anthology of traditional folk music from rural england


green grow the laurels-country singers from the south


eynsham morris


roy harris-


other traditional singers:


Mary Ann Haynes

brazil family

copper family

wylette family

stan hugill

bob Roberts

phoebe smith

wiggy smith

levi smith

carolyne hughes

George Townshend

bob fox

Bob Scarce

Freda palmer

bob lewis

walter pardon

bob Roberts

bob davenport

Shirley collins

frankie Armstrong

annie briggs

tim hart

maddy prior

June tabor

the watersons

the young tradition

peter bellamy

Oldham tinkers

martin carthy

keith Kendrick

roy harris

Bernard Wrigley

eliza carthy

nancy kerr

peggy seeger(american)

Hermes nye (American)



Scotland


Scottish traditional folk music:


Scottish folk dance music manuscripts:


the John Skene manuscript: 1615-1635 (mandora & lute)


Blaikie Manuscript (usually dated 1692)


the george skene manuscript-"George Skene His Musick Book": 1715 - 1717


William Thomson: Orpheus Caledonius c.1730


Walsh's Caledonian Country Dances: c. 1737


James Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion: 1745-1760


Robert Bremner-Scots Reels: 1757


Neil Stewart's Collection of the Newest and Best Reels and Country Dances 1761 


Primrose, Arthur Cormack and Alison Kinnaird 


William Campbell (Campbell’s 12th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms) c. 


Jacob Harbour's New & Favorite Country Dances, Strathspey Reels, Waltz, & Hornpipes c. 1800


David Young–Drummond Castle/Duke of Perth Manuscript (1734)


Gillespie Manuscript of Perth-1768


William Marshall (1748–1833)


John watlen- The Celebrated circus tunes- 1791


Joseph Lowe: Lowe's Collection of Reels Strathspeys and Jigs (mid 19th century)


James Scott Skinner (1843 – 1927)


William C. Honeyman: The Strathspey Reel and Hornpipe Tutor 1898


traditional scottish musicians:

tom anderson/Jimmy Cooper/David Cunningham Snr/Catriona MacDonald/hector mcandrew/ Tom anderson/ aly bain/ paul anderson/ douglas lawrence/


Scottish folk dance music albums:


green ginger:

-gang on the same gate(album)


Màrtainn Skene's Scottish Country Dance Band

100th Anniversary Dances (album)


Martin gonnella- a tribute to niel gow


Ron gonnela:

-Scottish fiddle master


Jimmy shand and his band-

Sco5tish country dances


Legacy Recordings albums:

20 Scottish Dance Bands from 50s, 60s & 70s vol.1 + Vol.2 2002

includes:


Bobby MacLeod

Angus Fitchet

Jim Cameron

Adam Rennie

Ian Powrie

Bobby Crowe

The Strathpeffer

Will Starr

Curly Mackay

The Hawthorn Broadcasting

The Glendaruel

The Strathearn

John Crawford's Gleneden

Bill Douglas

The Danelaw

Bob Lillie's Kelvin Midlothian Pipe Band 

Jim Berry 

George Stirrat

Rob Gordon

George Bell

Adam Rennie

Ian Powrie

Hamish Menzies

Peter White

James Camerons West Coast Band

Jim Berry

George Bell

Bill Hendry

Rob Gordon


Andrew rankine


Scottish traditional music revival bands:


The Boys of the Lough/aly bain & phil cunningham/alison kinnaird/battlefield band/The Cullivoe Band


mac-talla group:Eilidh Mackenzie, Christine Primrose, Arthur Cormack and Alison Kinnaird 


willie hunter and violet tulloch

-the willie hunter sessions


Pete clark and muriel johnstone-

Niel gow's fiddle


Bill hardie- the music of James Scott skinner


Scottish folk singers and albums:


isla Cameron/Jeannie Robertson/lizzie higgins/Jimmy McBeath/the campbell family-ian campbell folk group/ewan MacColl/peggy seegr/the stewart family-dave stewart/willie scott/daisy chapman/jean redpath/daisy champan/Duncan Williamson/joe rae/ lucy stewart


ian manuel

the frost ploughshare


ewan MacColl & peggy seeger:


-popular Scottish songs

-classic scots ballads


Twos & Fews / Drag City label album:


Whaur the Pig Gaed on the Spree

Scottish Recordings by Alan Lomax, 1951-57 (2011)


smithsoian folkways albums:


-rory and alex McEwen- Scottish songs and ballads

-songs and pipes of the Hebrides

-rory and alex mcewen:

-great Scottish ballads

-scottish songs and ballads


veteran label album:


Duncan Williamson:

- put another log on the fire: songs & tunes from a scots traveller


musical tradition label album:


Lizzie Higgins

-in Memory of ...


Daisy Chapman:

-Ythanside 


willie scott:

The Shepherd’s Song-Border Ballads (2009)


Joe Rae:

-The Broom Blooms Bonny: Ballads, songs and stories from Ayrshire


sleepytown records:


-The Bothy Songs and Ballads of North East Scotland vol.1-vo.4

various, including: Joe Aitken/Jock Duncan/Jimmy McBeath/John McDonald/Frank McNally/John Malcolm /John Mearns /Geordie Murison /Davie Stewart/John Strachan /Tam Reid /Gorge Elrick/The Fife Yokels/The Gaugers/Willie Kemp/John Malcolm/Tom L Morrison/George Morris



topic records albums:


Various Artists:

-Back o' Benachie: Songs and Ballads From the Lowland East of Scotland 1968


The Stewart Family:

-The Stewarts of Blair


norman kennedy:

-scots songs and ballads 1968


the campbell family:

-the singing campbells




Ireland


Irish traditional folk music:


Irish traditional folk music manuscripts:


Airs:


turlough o'carolan (1670 – 1738)


A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes and containing forty-nine airs 1726


JOHN AND WILLIAM NEAL-A CHOICE COLLECTION OF COUNTRY DANCES with their Proper Tunes (mid 18th century)


Jackson's Celebrated Irish Tunes, Dublin, c. `1774


Tracy's Selection of the present favorite Country Dances (1795)


Edward bunting- 1796 General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music


Smith’s Irish Minstrel (Edinburgh, 1825)


Henry Hudson: Collection of Irish Music 1840's


George petrie- Ancient Music of Ireland in 1855


P.M. Haverty One Hundred Irish Airs (mid 19h century)


William forde- General Collection of Music of Ireland, Ancient and Modern

(Mid 19th century)


Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (mid-late 19th century)


William Bradbury Ryan

Ryan's Mammoth Collection 1883


francis o'neill:

O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903)

The Dance Music of Ireland (1907) (sometimes called o'neills 1001)


Frank Roche’s Collection of Traditional Irish Music- 1912



Irish traditional folk music albums:


-Sorcha ni ghuairim: Sorcha ni ghuairim sings traditional irish songs

-Deirdre Ní Fhlionn: Irish Traditional Songs


-Traditional Music of Ireland, Vol. 1: The Older Traditions of Connemara and Clare

artists included:

mairin ni dhonnchadha

sean 'ac donnca

William clancy

denis murphy


-Traditional Music of Ireland, Vol. 2: Songs and Dances from Down, Kerry, and Clare

artists included:

sean dehora

bridget granbhil

David harper

sam allen


-Ireland (smithsonian folkways album)

artists included:

cait ni mhuimhneachain

aggie white

sean o conghaile

carcur mummers group

johnny doran

mickey Doherty

tomas o donaill

colm o coadhain

mary ann carolan

Margaret dunne

nioclas toibin

micho Russell

wiini O'Donnell

neili ni dhomhnaill

james "sonny" MacDonagh

aodh o maoldhomhnaigh

jack lyons

frank brone

vail 0 flatharta

sean o duinnshleibhe


the flax in bloom (topic records album)


musicians:

willie clancy/paddy killoran/ johnny doran/Michael coleman/Michael Gorman/ kevin burke/micho Russell/lucy farr/seamus ennis/Junior Crehan/finbar furey/seamus McGuire/neil a. duddy/Matt Molloy/Kevin Crawford/joe cooley/paddy O'Brien/joe Heaney/Packie bryne/john kelly/Jimmy power/ sean maguire/joe burke/sean ryan


mary MacNamara: 

-traditional music from east clare


Lucy Farr:

-'Heart & Home': Irish fiddle music from Galway. (veteran label album)


various artists compilation albums:


Smithsonian folkways album:

-Irish Popular Dances

-Irish Dance Music


-Ceol an Clair (Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann)


claddagh records:


music from Galloway

champions of Ireland fiddle


john rea

-traditional music on the hammer dulcimer (1977)


sean McAloon & john rea:

-drops of brandy (first release 1970 on mercier records, before topic records release in 1976)


packie duigan & seamus horan:

-music from co leitrim (1978)


ceilidh bands:


The Laichtin Naofa Ceili Band:

-An Irish Dance Party (Dublin Records)


topic records albums:


Seán Mac Donnchadha/Pádraic Ó Catháin/Tomás Ó Neachtain/Feichín Ó Connluain:

-Grand Airs of Connemara 1968


Various Artists: 

-Paddy in the Smoke: Irish Dance Music From a London Pub 1968


wheels of the world: early irish-american music


veteran label albums:


-my true love he dwells on the mountain


topic records albums:


-past masters of irish dance music


-past masters of irish fiddle music


-paddy in the smoke


-round the house and mind the dresser:irish country house music



traditional irish songs


Sarah Makem:

-Ulster Ballad Singer 1968 (topic records album)

-as i roved out (musical traditions album)


veteran label albums:


Roisin White:

- 'The First of my Rambles': Folk Songs from Ulster 


Packie Byrne:

- 'Donegal  & Back!' - Songs, ballads & whistle tunes


Maggy Murphy:

- 'Linkin' O'er the Lea' - Traditional folk songs and ballads from Tempo, Co. Fermanagh.


John Kennedy:

- 'The Girls Along the Road' - Traditional songs ballads and whistle tunes from Co. Antrim


dick Cameron:

-irish folk songs and ballads (Smithsonian folkways album 1961)


margaret barry


rita keane

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