Blyth Voices

From: Folk Music Journal | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Blyth Voices: Folk songs collected in Southwold by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1910 [Edited by Katie Howson]. Haughley: East Anglian Traditional Music Trust, 2003. 47 pp. Illus. Music. ISBN 0-9545943-0-4. £6 inc. p&p. Available from East Anglian Traditional Music Trust, 44 Old Street, Haughley, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP143NX

Blyth Voices comprises fifteen songs, one dance tune and a toast collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams and George Butter-worth in 1910 in the area around Southwold on the Suffolk coast. This was towards the end of the period during which Vaughan Williams undertook his most ...

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