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Posted By: RTim
06-Jan-11 - 08:47 AM
Thread Name: Broadside Conference 26 Feb 2011-Cecil Sharp House
Subject: Folklore: Broadside Conference
This has just been posted on the BALLAD-L list.
Tim Radford
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BROADSIDE DAY
A one-day event exploring aspects of street literature and popular print
traditions
26th February 2011 Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road, London NW1 2AY
Organised jointly by the English Folk Dance & Song Society and the
Traditional Song Forum £10.00 (£8 for EFDSS and TSF members)
Contact: To book a place - (I have taken out the personal details of Steve Roud,
you should be able to book via the EFDSS and/or their web page)
10.00 Welcome
10.15 Steve Gardham
Where's that Song from? the Historical Links between Popular Song, Street
Literature and Oral Tradition
11.00 Ewan MacVicar
The Eskimo Republic: Scottish Political Song on Broadsides and Song Sheets
from 1705 to 1965
12.00 Gregg Butler
John Harkness, Preston printer (Work in progress)
12.30 Lucie Skeaping
Have I Got News For Thee!: Broadside Ballads of 17th Century England
1.30 - 2.30 Lunch
2.30 Roy Palmer
In Moor Street was a Printer: Aspects of the Ballad Tradition in Birmingham
3.15 John Hinks
Chapbook Bibliography Project (Work in progress)
Pete Wood
Newcastle broadsides & chapbooks (Work in progress)
4.00 Vic Gammon
The Street Ballad Singer in Pre- and Early-Industrial Society
5.00 end of session