Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts

Subject: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 16 Jun 18 - 07:19 AM

Among the BBC Broadcasts for Schools for several years the broadcast of "Rhythm & Melody" was accompanied by a songbook which was part of the Singing Together songbook.
In Autumn 1960 the two separated, having a single songbook for each broadcast series.
The books I have for the pre-Autumn 1960 series are listed at the link above.
This new thread is intended to list the few books I have for the Rhythm & Melody broadcast alone.

I will list the songs in each issue, but will not attempt to include the 'music only' section which was just used for listening, and included several classical themes.

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 16 Jun 18 - 07:29 AM

1960 Autumn Term
The Watchet sailor
Bill Bones' hornpipe
Skye boat song
Angels from the realms of glory (French carol)
Sleep my little son (German carol)
Boatmen dance (American river song)

1961 Spring Term
See the land to Spring is waking (The Bartered Bride)
Duet: Kecal and Jenik (The Bartered Bride)
The tythe pig
The wedding array
Jennie Jenkins
Boney was a warrior

1961 Summer term
Jubilee
Oh! 'Twas in the Broad Atlantic
The Bird-Catcher's Song (Mozart: The Magic Flute)
Westering Home
Come, Let's be Merry

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 22 Jun 18 - 04:37 AM

1961 Autumn Term
Swansea Town
The wigmaker
The cuckoo
The happy clown
Jesu, Thou art welcome
When the Christ was born

1962 Spring Term
Ould John Braddlum
The Lone Star Trail
Vilikins and his Dinah
Sir Eglamore
Lewis bridal song ("Step we gaily")
Song of Lieutenant Kije

1962 Summer Term
Bon voyage (Bon voyage dear Dumolet)
Spanish Ladies
The shepherd and his dog (Welsh trad tune: Twll bach y clo)
My boy Billy
Cauliflowers

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 27 Jun 18 - 04:45 AM

1962 Autumn Term
The raggle taggle gypsies
A recipe for fish
The handsome butcher
Mister Frog's wedding
Aunt Hessie's white horse
What shall we give?
In nightly stillness
Christmas Day in the morning   (As I sat under a sycamore tree)

Spring 1963
Shenandoah
The drunken sailor
Tom's gone to Hilo
Farmer Jim
A Manx lullaby (Oh, hush thee my dove,)
The swapping song
The trout

1963 Summer Term
One more river
Blow away the morning dew
O waly, waly
The wild rose
River Wisla
Yeo sir

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 04 Sep 18 - 07:36 AM

1963 Autumn Term
Robin-a-Thrush
Hiring a servant
Pirate song
Old Quebec
Three Little Tailors
Pat-a-Pan
A Christmas Carol
Away in a Manger

1964 Spring Term
Richard of taunton dene
Welsh oxen song
Whim wham waddle oh!
Buy broom besoms
The jolly pedlar
Spring sends her greeting
The oxen driver

1964 Summer Term
The fox
Cuck-cuckoo
Appenzellers' song
Mowing the Barley
The song of the three vagabonds
I'm seventeen come Sunday

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: JHW
Date: 09 Apr 20 - 03:57 PM

These are fascinating. I heard no more of Singing Together after listening in Primary school (we all listened, one village school, one teacher, one class, 5 to 11 yr olds, maybe 30 of us)

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 12 Apr 20 - 07:51 AM

I have just found an old 50s one among the papers I salvaged of an old friend who was a folksong collector in the 50s, I will be sorting through the pile again this afternoon. Would you like me to post the contents before I file it in the loft?

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 12 Apr 20 - 12:08 PM

Hi, Steve.
If it's 50s it will either be "Time and Tune", or "Singing Together, with Rhythm & Melody".
In most cases we already have the contents listed (in chronological order) at one of these two links:
Time & Tune Contents
Singing Together Contents
If it's not on those lists then please list the contents (here or there).
If the contents aren't already listed then it's one of the few from the 1950s that I'm missing.
Cheers!

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 12 Apr 20 - 03:01 PM

Yes it's Time and Tune for Autumn 1957. Will check appropriate thread.

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 12 Apr 20 - 03:02 PM

Yes, you've got it.

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 11 May 20 - 09:49 AM

Okay, listings for this (short) series are now complete with all 12 booklets.

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 07 Sep 20 - 12:27 PM

As I said in the Time & Tune thread: " I've had some requests from people trying to find particular illustrators of these pamphlets. While my interest is in the music, knowing how Google manages to find things here I thought I would place a list of the illustrators here.
Given time late I might go through and add them to the individual contents lists."

Year        Term        Illustrator
1960        Autumn        David Gentleman
1961        Spring        Sheila Robinson
1961        Summer        Walter Hoyle
1961        Autumn        Heather Standring
1962        Spring        Faith Jaques
1962        Summer        Brian Wildsmith
1962        Autumn        Lola Fielding
1963        Spring        David Gentleman
1963        Summer        Sheila Robinson
1963        Autumn        Bruce Roberts
1964        Spring        Brian Liddle
1964        Summer        John Griffiths

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 07 Sep 20 - 03:46 PM

I remember the first broacast of the Autumn 1960 series as the first song was "The Watchet Sailor"; and I was in the Watchet Church Primary School. It all seemed so involving!

Robin

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 23 Oct 20 - 06:39 AM

The whole series of these (4 years, or 12 booklets) now digitised (scanned) to be more readily available.
All the earlier Rhythm & Melody (which was included in the Singing Together booklets) also scanned (at least, those in my collection).

This means I can reply promptly for info, rather than having to go find the booklet & scan/transcribe.

Subject: RE: Rhythm & Melody: BBC Broadcasts
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 19 Jun 24 - 04:41 PM

I seem to have missed this thread when making downloads available to the folk community.
The 4 years of 'Rhythm & Melody' can now be downloaded:
Here, with a separate folder for each booklet