The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #153402   Message #3593955
Posted By: Steve Gardham
20-Jan-14 - 03:48 PM
Thread Name: Contribute to Cecil Sharp's Collection!
Subject: RE: Contribute to Cecil Sharp's Collection!
Bert,
Once again you are wrong. EFDSS may be renowned for preserving old songs (a very laudable remit), but they also go out of their way to promote song writers, as has happened in The Full English. Brian will give you chapter and verse on this no doubt. As for preserving songs from the 20th/21st century I think modern technology does a damned good job of this without EFDSS having to lift a finger. And just in case you think some of it is falling into obscurity, well , perhaps it deserves to, just like most of what was produced in previous centuries did.

The main threat to decent material that has become unobtainable is the businessmen who have bought up past catalogues, but we're just as much to blame for letting them. I don't think EFDSS can be blamed for this.