This conference, taking place on Friday 6–Saturday 7 October at Cecil Sharp House, brings together those working on these tunes across multiple contexts, delivering a wide-ranging weekend of papers and discussion.
Among the broad selection of topics covered, the weekend will delve into:
- tunebooks
- composers
- arrangers and collectors
- song tunes in performance
- melodic traditions
- dance tunes
The conference is organised by the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (VWML), the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) and the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen.
Ticket prices
£45 full weekend
£30 one day