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Collapse MS 4000 - Charles Parker Archive - 1949 - 1994MS 4000 - Charles Parker Archive - 1949 - 1994
Expand 1 - Personal papers and papers relating to Charles Parker's career1 - Personal papers and papers relating to Charles Parker's career
Expand 2 - Papers relating to BBC programmes and non BBC projects - 1949 - 19802 - Papers relating to BBC programmes and non BBC projects - 1949 - 1980
Expand 3 - Miscellaneous papers and publications on various subjects3 - Miscellaneous papers and publications on various subjects
4 - Charles Parker's Library
Collapse 5 - Digitised Sound Recordings: Charles Parker Archive 'A Future For Ordinary Folk' - 1947 - 19785 - Digitised Sound Recordings: Charles Parker Archive 'A Future For Ordinary Folk' - 1947 - 1978
Collapse 1 - Sound recordings of interviews with traditional folk performers and folk music collectors.1 - Sound recordings of interviews with traditional folk performers and folk music collectors.
Expand 1 - Harry Cox (b.1885)1 - Harry Cox (b.1885)
Expand 2 - Harry Horton (b. 1875)2 - Harry Horton (b. 1875)
Expand 3 - Betsy Miller (born c.1886)3 - Betsy Miller (born c.1886)
Expand 4 - Wednesbury Folk Singers4 - Wednesbury Folk Singers
Expand 5 - Joe Heaney (1919-1984)5 - Joe Heaney (1919-1984)
6 - Mrs Cecilia Costello
Expand 7 - Charlotte Brooks7 - Charlotte Brooks
Expand 8 - Charlie Burke (1918-2001)8 - Charlie Burke (1918-2001)
Expand 9 - George Dunn (1887-1975)9 - George Dunn (1887-1975)
Expand 10 - Captain Alfred Ernest Horton (1883-1974)10 - Captain Alfred Ernest Horton (1883-1974)
Expand 11 - English folk music and song: general11 - English folk music and song: general
Expand 12 - English and Scottish Song (Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger)12 - English and Scottish Song (Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger)
Expand 13 - Francis J Child Ballads (England and Scotland)13 - Francis J Child Ballads (England and Scotland)
Expand 14 - England Series 1 -12; England A' Roving14 - England Series 1 -12; England A' Roving
Expand 15 - `Scottish Folk Music15 - `Scottish Folk Music
Expand 16 - Ireland Series 1-1416 - Ireland Series 1-14
Expand 17 - Irish Folk Music17 - Irish Folk Music
Expand 18 - Travellers and West Midlands Gypsy Liaison Group (WMGLG)18 - Travellers and West Midlands Gypsy Liaison Group (WMGLG)
Expand 19 - Greece: Traditional music from Mount Plio Peninsula, Central Greece and Samarina, Pndhos Mountains, Western Greece19 - Greece: Traditional music from Mount Plio Peninsula, Central Greece and Samarina, Pndhos Mountains, Western Greece
Collapse 20 - World Music20 - World Music
Expand 1 - Sound recording of 'Negro Folk Music of Alabama' Vol. 2 (Ethnic Folkways Library P 418) (issued between 1950-1956), and Caribbean Folk Music (Ethnic Folkways Library FE 4533) - n.d. [mid 20th cent]1 - Sound recording of 'Negro Folk Music of Alabama' Vol. 2 (Ethnic Folkways Library P 418) (issued between 1950-1956), and Caribbean Folk Music (Ethnic Folkways Library FE 4533) - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
Expand 2 - Sound recording of Folk Music From Italy (Ethnic Folkways FE 4520) and Folk Dances of Greece (Ethnic Folkways P 467) - 1954 - 19562 - Sound recording of Folk Music From Italy (Ethnic Folkways FE 4520) and Folk Dances of Greece (Ethnic Folkways P 467) - 1954 - 1956
Expand 3 - Sound recording of Music of the Worlds Peoples Volume 1 (Folkways FE 4504), Volume 2 (Folkways FE 4505) and Volume 3 (Folkways FE 4506) - 13 September 19643 - Sound recording of Music of the Worlds Peoples Volume 1 (Folkways FE 4504), Volume 2 (Folkways FE 4505) and Volume 3 (Folkways FE 4506) - 13 September 1964
Expand 4 - Sound recording of 'Blow Boys Blow' (ex Tradition TLP 1026); 'Thar She Blows' (ex Riverside RLP 12-635); Music of the Worlds Peoples Volume 4 (Folkways FE 4507) and Volume 5 (Folkways FE 4508); and Music of the Russian Middle East (Ethnic Folkways Library P 416) - 13 October 19644 - Sound recording of 'Blow Boys Blow' (ex Tradition TLP 1026); 'Thar She Blows' (ex Riverside RLP 12-635); Music of the Worlds Peoples Volume 4 (Folkways FE 4507) and Volume 5 (Folkways FE 4508); and Music of the Russian Middle East (Ethnic Folkways Library P 416) - 13 October 1964
Expand 5 - Sound recording of Columbia Library of Folk and Primitive Music Vol XII India; Folk Music of SSR Middle East (Folkways FW 6916); Rumanian Folk Music (Topic); Transylvanian Folk Music and Moldavian Folk Music - 04 October 19645 - Sound recording of Columbia Library of Folk and Primitive Music Vol XII India; Folk Music of SSR Middle East (Folkways FW 6916); Rumanian Folk Music (Topic); Transylvanian Folk Music and Moldavian Folk Music - 04 October 1964
Expand 6 - Sound recording of Anthology of Rumanian Folk Music continued; Jean Carignan collection of reels (Folkways 3531); Scottish songs from Robert Burns 'Merry Muses of Caledonia' (Dionysius); Mediterranean Folk Music (Ethnic Folkways P 501) - 09 October 19646 - Sound recording of Anthology of Rumanian Folk Music continued; Jean Carignan collection of reels (Folkways 3531); Scottish songs from Robert Burns 'Merry Muses of Caledonia' (Dionysius); Mediterranean Folk Music (Ethnic Folkways P 501) - 09 October 1964
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Expand 7A - Sound recording of World Library of Folk and Primitive Music: France; [Ewan MacColl] singing; unnamed male singers - n.d. [mid 20th cent]7A - Sound recording of World Library of Folk and Primitive Music: France; [Ewan MacColl] singing; unnamed male singers - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
7B - Sound recording of 'Big' Bill Brooney singing blues live (Clarendon Records) - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
Expand 8 - Sound recording collection of traditional Gambian folk song and music - 12 November 19748 - Sound recording collection of traditional Gambian folk song and music - 12 November 1974
Expand 9 - Sound recording of traditional Gambian folk song and music and interviews about China and the Revolution - 12 November 19749 - Sound recording of traditional Gambian folk song and music and interviews about China and the Revolution - 12 November 1974
Expand 10 - Sound recording of Gambian folk song and music from Radio Gambia and unnamed male performers singing English folk music - 1956; 12 November 1974; 05 February 197510 - Sound recording of Gambian folk song and music from Radio Gambia and unnamed male performers singing English folk music - 1956; 12 November 1974; 05 February 1975
Expand 11 - Sound recording of radio programme 'From Attila The Hun To The Mighty Sparrow' (on a Calypso Carnival 1931-1956 and playing calypsos) with Trinidadian novelist V.S.Naipaul; interview with a boxer - 22 July 196311 - Sound recording of radio programme 'From Attila The Hun To The Mighty Sparrow' (on a Calypso Carnival 1931-1956 and playing calypsos) with Trinidadian novelist V.S.Naipaul; interview with a boxer - 22 July 1963
Expand 12 - Sound recording of 'Sounds of an African Homestead' (Folkways FPX 151); South Indian Music and Red Indian Songs [Puget Sound] - n.d. [mid 20th cent]12 - Sound recording of 'Sounds of an African Homestead' (Folkways FPX 151); South Indian Music and Red Indian Songs [Puget Sound] - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
Expand 13 - Sound recording of Music of Africa No2 Kenya (Decca LF 1121) and Music of Africa No3 The Drums of East Africa (LF 1120) - n.d. [mid 20th cent]13 - Sound recording of Music of Africa No2 Kenya (Decca LF 1121) and Music of Africa No3 The Drums of East Africa (LF 1120) - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
Expand 14 - Sound recording of Music of Africa No3 Part 2 Drums of East Africa (Decca LF 1120) and Music of Africa No5 Part 1 Guitars of Africa (Decca LF 1170) - n.d. [mid 20th cent]14 - Sound recording of Music of Africa No3 Part 2 Drums of East Africa (Decca LF 1120) and Music of Africa No5 Part 1 Guitars of Africa (Decca LF 1170) - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
Expand 15 - Sound recording of West Indian Stewart family at Harborne, Birmingham singing Christmas carols No 2A - 10 December 196315 - Sound recording of West Indian Stewart family at Harborne, Birmingham singing Christmas carols No 2A - 10 December 1963
Expand 16 - Sound recording of West Indian Stewart family at Harborne, Birmingham singing religious songs - October 196516 - Sound recording of West Indian Stewart family at Harborne, Birmingham singing religious songs - October 1965
Expand 17 - Sound recording of West Indian Stewart family at Harborne, Birmingham singing religious songs and talking about their religious belief for BBC 'Five to ten' religious radio programme - n.d. [mid 20th cent]17 - Sound recording of West Indian Stewart family at Harborne, Birmingham singing religious songs and talking about their religious belief for BBC 'Five to ten' religious radio programme - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
Expand 18 - Sound recording of West Indian Stewart family at Harborne, Birmingham singing religious songs for BBC 'Five to Ten' religious radio programme - January 196618 - Sound recording of West Indian Stewart family at Harborne, Birmingham singing religious songs for BBC 'Five to Ten' religious radio programme - January 1966
Expand 19 - Sound recording of Belle Stewart and Alec Stewart and Jeanie Thompson singing West Indian hymns - 2 February 196419 - Sound recording of Belle Stewart and Alec Stewart and Jeanie Thompson singing West Indian hymns - 2 February 1964
Expand 20 - Sound recording of Music of India. Ravi Shankar, Allah Raka and Keshav Sath playing Bhairveen Raga - 17 June 196620 - Sound recording of Music of India. Ravi Shankar, Allah Raka and Keshav Sath playing Bhairveen Raga - 17 June 1966
Expand 21 - Sound recording of blues and Indian music. Bruce Turner Jump Band (blues) and Ravi Shankar (Indian music) - 20 March 197521 - Sound recording of blues and Indian music. Bruce Turner Jump Band (blues) and Ravi Shankar (Indian music) - 20 March 1975
Expand 22 - Sound recording of various songs [for 'Music 3'] and young people talking (extracts from 'On The Edge' radio ballad] - n.d. [mid 20th cent]22 - Sound recording of various songs [for 'Music 3'] and young people talking (extracts from 'On The Edge' radio ballad] - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
Expand 23 - Sound recording of Buddhist Chants recorded at Dhammapadipa Temple, Haverstock Hill [London] NW3 and Buddhist Monastery, Eskdale Muir, Scotland - 196823 - Sound recording of Buddhist Chants recorded at Dhammapadipa Temple, Haverstock Hill [London] NW3 and Buddhist Monastery, Eskdale Muir, Scotland - 1968
Expand 24 - Sound recording of Tibetan Ritual Chant (ex Lyricord LL 181) - n.d. [mid 20th cent]24 - Sound recording of Tibetan Ritual Chant (ex Lyricord LL 181) - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
Expand 25 - Sound recording of Klephtic Folk Singing [Greek] by Meg and Christos Alexandriou. 'Theatre and the Community' - August 196325 - Sound recording of Klephtic Folk Singing [Greek] by Meg and Christos Alexandriou. 'Theatre and the Community' - August 1963
Expand 26 - Sound recording of Greek Mountain Songs. - n.d. [mid 20th cent]26 - Sound recording of Greek Mountain Songs. - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
Expand 27 - Sound recording of Vlachic Folk Song and speech. - August 196327 - Sound recording of Vlachic Folk Song and speech. - August 1963
Expand 28 - Sound recording of East/West Music Dance Group. - 22 June 196828 - Sound recording of East/West Music Dance Group. - 22 June 1968
Expand 29 - Sound recording of Byzantine Hymn, Easter Alleluia for 'Christ Is Risen' - n.d. [mid 20th cent]29 - Sound recording of Byzantine Hymn, Easter Alleluia for 'Christ Is Risen' - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
Expand 2 - Sound recordings of lectures and teaching materials by Charles Parker and others relating to folk music and the oral tradition2 - Sound recordings of lectures and teaching materials by Charles Parker and others relating to folk music and the oral tradition
Expand 3 - Folk Revival performance material3 - Folk Revival performance material
Expand 4 - Discussion of folk music and performance4 - Discussion of folk music and performance
Expand 6 - Sound recordings: programmes, projects and research material - 1955 - 19946 - Sound recordings: programmes, projects and research material - 1955 - 1994
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