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English folk music (1900–1949)

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Births and deaths

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Births

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Collections of songs or music

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  • 1905: Songs of the West (2nd ed) by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924)
  • 1907: English Folk Song: Some Conclusions by Cecil Sharp (1859–1924)
  • 1908: Traditional English Songs by Lucy Broadwood (1858–1929)
  • 1913: The Morris Book by Cecil Sharp
  • 1913: Sword Dances of Northern England by Cecil Sharp
  • 1919: English Folk Songs From the Southern Appalachian by Cecil Sharp
  • 1922: The Country Dance Book by Cecil Sharp
  • 1923: Folk Songs of the Upper Thames by Alfred Williams
  • 1924: The Dance by Cecil Sharp

Early recordings

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The dates of early commercial recordings, and the modern reissue albums on which they can be heard