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Thread #117711   Message #2537915
Posted By: GUEST,Shimrod
12-Jan-09 - 05:34 AM
Thread Name: Recommendations For Literature on Trad
Subject: RE: Recommendations For Literature on Trad
Another excellent EFDSS publication is 'Still Growing: English Traditional Songs and Singers from the Cecil Sharp Collection' ed. Steve Roud, Eddie Upton and Malcolm Taylor (pub. EFDSS in assoc. with Folk South West, 2003). In 1903 Sharp started his collecting activities by noting down the song, 'The Seeds of Love' from the Somerset gardener John England. This book was published in 2003 to commemorate the centenary of that event. It contains 50 songs from Sharp's collection together with photographs and biographies of the singers. The Introduction by Vic Gammon consists of an overview of Sharp's career and legacy and is (in my opinion) particularly perceptive and informative.