Is there an index of Ralph Vaughan Williams wax recordings and transcripts available somewhere? Are any of the recordings available online? I'm aware of Palmer's Bushes and Briars and the few songs RVW collected that are in the Penguin book of English folk Songs, but are there other books of songs he collected?
I gather from Palmer that RVW collected over 800 songs from 1903-1913, and only 16 after that (3 in 1922, 13 in 1926). Apparently, he did not collect full lyrics from most singers, since his primary interest was the tunes. He often used lyrics from printed sources to fill in the missing blanks.
-Joe Offer-