The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library will present a series of four lectures in Spring 2024.
All four events will be presented entirely on Zoom. A recording is expected to be available for a few weeks after each event.
Tickets are available now at £5 per lecture, or £15 for all four.
Sticks, Bells and Baldrics: Ball de Bastons – a Catalan tradition evolving with the times
Presented by Stephen Rowley, Tuesday 16 January
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Seinn Spioradail: Sacred Soundscapes of Scotland's Highland and Island Communities
Presented by Frances Wilkins, Tuesday 13 February
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Shaping and Controlling Tradition: Charles Villiers Stanford’s Contributions to the Preservation and Reworking of Folk Melodies
Presented by Adèle Commins, Tuesday 12 March
Photograph: Sir Charles Villiers Stanford by Bassano Ltd, whole-plate glass negative, 19 July 1921, NPG x121098. © National Portrait Gallery , London
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Seeing Music: George Scharf and the Street Musicians of London
Presented by Nigel Tallis, Tuesday 16 April
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Broadside Day
Also in Spring 2024, the Broadside Day was the annual conference for people interested in street literature and cheap print in all its fascinating aspects. Organised jointly by the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library and the Traditional Song Forum, this event will take place on Saturday 17 February at Cecil Sharp House.
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