Frank Kidson  -  The 'Collector' articles from The Choir magazine

This collection of articles on various topics by Frank Kidson were originally published in The Choir magazine between 1912 and 1925.  The collection has been asembled by John Francmanis and Vic Gammon who have kindly allowed them to be published on the TSF website.  Their Introduction and Foreword explain the background to the articles.  There are also other related articles from the magazine by Anne Gilchrist and others in the collection

Index to the articles

Jan 2006

Miss Mason's Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs

This book first appeared in 1878 and deserves to be better known.  Many of the early collectors were familiar with it and Baring-Gould refers to it several times in the notes to his songs.  This is a copy of the Second edition, published in 1908.

Index to the Songs

William Barrett  -  English Folk Songs

To be added as soon as I can find a way to deliver the quality without using too much webspace

Jan 2006