Although a relative latecomer to the folk revival, cecil sharp became the most high profile and certainly most prolific folk music and dance collector of his contemporaries. Sharp this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Cecil james sharp, researcher, teacher, and author of books about folk dance in the english and angloamerican traditions and european dance history. There was a newspaper cutting slipped into my old 1912 copy of the morris book by cecil sharp. A history of traditional morris dancing with a description of eleven dances as performed. Sharp, cecil james, 18591924 the online books page. Jul 17, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Sharp is the author of english folk songs from the southern appalachians, vol 2 5. This cutting is an obituary for william kimber, so must date from the end of. William kimber, morris dancer of headington obituary. The project gutenberg ebook of the morris book by cecil j. Sharp is in the english language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. The morris book, part 1 a history of morris dancing.
He also danced with cambridge morris men from 1932, was with the travelling morrice, and also a member of london pride and of whitchurch morris men. It was from harry taylor that cecil sharp collected the longborough dances, although the team had stopped dancing 20 years previously when sharp and taylor met. Sharp and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Morris dance online book by cecil sharp table of contents. The morris book, part 1 a history of morris dancing, with a description of eleven dances as performed by the morrismen of england. Taylors morris longborough, like harry taylor said. Sharp s most popular book is english folk songs from the southern appalachians 1917. According to his colleague and biographer maud karpeles, sharp saw his first english morris dances in 1899.
Morris dance tunes by cecil james sharp 2008, paperback for. The morris book a history of morris dancing, with a description of eleven dances as performed by the morris men of england by cecil j. Sharp author of the morris book, part 1 a history of morris dancing, with a description of eleven dances as performed by the morrismen of england cecil j. Jul 12, 2010 the morris book, part 1 a history of morris dancing, with a description of eleven dances as performed by the morris men of england is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. Apr 01, 2016 examples of the style of dancing referred to by neal can be seen in the six kinora reels that were rediscovered in the 1980s. A handbook of morris dances the purpose of these pages is to provide details of each of the tunes in lionel bacons a handbook of morris dances. The bedford morris men were formed in 1932 to help keep the tradition alive in our county.
A century of folk customs and ancient rural games released by the british film institute and. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Sharps most popular book is english folk songs from the southern appalachians 1917. For each traditional village see list in the left sidebar or click here if using a smart phone, tunes are given in abc notation, the score in pdf format and a simple mp3 file of the melody. If you wish to book sharp morris for an event, please get in contact via the email form on this page. He noted down 4,977 tunes in all, including nearly 3,000 songs from england and over 1,500 on his four collecting trips to the appalachian mountains in the usa 191518. The project gutenberg ebook of the morris book, by cecil j. This cutting is an obituary for william kimber, so must date from the end of 1961, the year in which he died. The black book, as his aide memoire became affectionately known, is the most important book for cotswold morris dancers since the morris dance books were published by cecil sharp. The morris book, part 1 a history of morris dancing, with a description of eleven dances as performed by the morrismen of england by cecil j. Cecil sharp and morris 1906 1909 197 the orignal edition of this book was written in july 1906, when the movement for the revival of folkdancing was in its infancy, within, to be. So it was that cecil sharp chanced upon the headington quarry side dancing in 1899.
The society of folk dance historians sfdh cecil sharp. In the peter rogers account of the cecil sharp and maude karpeles visit, he gives an elegant description of the night the two visitors discovered the kentucky running set, and quotes liberally from sharps account as recorded in his the country dance book, part v. Notation of steps and hands taken from the morris book by. A history of morris dancing, with a description of eleven dances as performed by the morrismen of england, also by herbert c. Managing the vaughan williams memorial library englands national folk music library and archive. Cecil sharp and english folk song and dance before 1915 by derek schofield country dance and song society online april 2016 cecil sharp and the morris men by colin irwin number 1 in the guardians series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk music june 2011. Jun 15, 2011 cecil sharp and the morris men 26 december 1899. He gathered thousands of tunes both from rural england and the southern appalachians region of the united states, and wrote an influential volume, english folk song. The flicker book shows a morris dance being performed by cecil sharp, maud and helen karpeles. Buy the morris book, part 1 a history of morris dancing, with a description of eleven dances as performed by the morrismen of england by cecil j. As we have told already, the morris dance is a bodily manifestation of vigour and rude health, and not at all of sinuous grace or dreaminess. The morris book, part 1 a history of morris dancing, with a description of eleven dances as performed by the morris men of england by cecil j. The morris book with a description of dances as performed by the morris men classic reprint sharp, cecil j. The team is named after harry taylor, foreman of the longborough morris side.
A history of morris dancing, with a description of eleven dances as performed by the morris men of england, novello and company, 1907. The morris book by cecil james sharp and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The first published notes are by john graham in 1907 4 followed by cecil sharp 5. Download and read online for free morris dance tunes by cecil james sharp. English folk dance and song society cecil sharp house. Championing the english folk arts, with support for artists at all stages of their careers. Cecil sharp and english folk song and dance before 1915. With a description of dances as performed by the morris men of england. We now perform dances from a range of cotswold traditions, as well as dances from the northwest of england and the englishwelsh borders. Or if you wish to join us for dancing classes, we meet every tuesday evening from 7pm until 9pm at cecil sharp house, 2 regents park road, london nw1 7ay please do email us if you wish to know any further information. Other parts of the morris book were published, with part 5 in 1914. Sharps the morris book is available in many locations on the internet so the here are the bidford related edited highlights, but grahams shakespearean bidford morris dances is harder to come by, so the pages have been scanned and uploaded to picasa and are available through the embedded link below. The morris book, part 1 a history of morris dancing, with a description of eleven dances as performed by the morrismen of england paperback july 12, 2010 by cecil j.
Cecil sharp and maud karpeles visit to pmss pine mountain. Discover book depositorys huge selection of cecil sharp books online. Number 1 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk music colin irwin. English folk dance and song society english folk dance and. Examples of the style of dancing referred to by neal can be seen in the six kinora reels that were rediscovered in the 1980s. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive. Cecil james sharp 22 november 1859 23 june 1924 was the founding father of the folksong revival in england. We dance border morris dances dances that come from the english counties along the welsh border.
This kinora spool can also be seen on the dvd heres a health to the barley mow. Notation of steps and hands taken from the morris book by cecil sharp morris book 1 the morris step mb1 2nd p49 let the learner stand at attention and begin to mark time at an elastic trot. This book is issued in connection with morris dance tunes, by the same authors sets i. The morris book, part 1 a history of morris dancing, with a description of eleven dances as performed by the morrismen of england is presented here in a high quality paperback edition.