English folk music (1500–1899)
Births and deaths
Births
- William Kimber (1872–1961), English morris musician
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), English composer and song collector
- Sam Larner (1878–1965), English folk singer
- Percy Grainger (1882–1961), Australian composer who collected and recorded English folk songs
- Harry Cox (1885–1971), English folk singer
- Lewis 'Scan' Tester (1886–1972), English folk musician
Collections of songs or music
- 1651: "English Dancing Master" by John Playford (1623–1686)
- 1725: "A Collection of Old Ballads" by Ambrose Philips
- 1765: "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry" by Thomas Percy (1721–1811)
- 1765: "Mother Goose's Melody" by anonymous
- 1788: "Yorkshire Garland" by Joseph Ritson
- 1793: "Northumberland Garland" by Joseph Ritson
- 1798: Manuscript dance tune book by Joshua Jackson
- 1827: "Minstrelsy Ancient and Modern" by William Motherwell (1797–1835)
- 1842: "Nursery Rhymes of England" by James Orchard Halliwell
- 1849: "Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales" by James Orchard Halliwell
- 1859: "Popular Music of Olden Time" by William Chappell (1809–1888)
- 1882: "English and Scottish Popular Ballads" by Francis James Child (1825–1896)
- 1893: English County Songs by J. A. Fuller Maitland (1856–1936) and Lucy Broadwood (1858–1929)
- 1893: "Songs and Ballads Of Northern England" by I Stokoe
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