Anderson, Thomas James [Tom] (1910–1991), fiddler and collector of traditional music, was born on 29 August 1910 in the isolated district of Eshaness in Shetland, the eldest of six children of James Anderson, fisherman–crofter, and his wife, Harriet Margaret, née Johnson. His grandfather and uncle taught him to play the fiddle when he was eight. He came under the influence of ...
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Anderson, Thomas James [Tom] (1910–1991), fiddler and collector of traditional music
Brian Smith
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Bate, Philip Argall Turner (1909–1999), musicologist and collector of musical instruments
Hélène La Rue
Bate, Philip Argall Turner (1909–1999), musicologist and collector of musical instruments, was born in Glasgow on 26 March 1909, the only child of English parents, Percy Herbert Bate (1868–1913), secretary to the Glasgow Museum of Arts, and Mary Turner (1872–1963). His father became curator of the ...
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Bewick, Robert Elliot (1788–1849), engraver
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Broadwood, Lucy Etheldred (1858–1929), musician and folk-song collector
Dorothy de Val
Broadwood, Lucy Etheldred (1858–1929), musician and folk-song collector, was born on 9 August 1858 at Pavilion House, Melrose, Scotland, the youngest of the eleven children of Henry Fowler Broadwood (1811–1893), piano manufacturer, and his wife, Juliana Maria, née Birch (1816–1898). She was the great-granddaughter of ...
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Broadwood, Lucy Etheldred (1858–1929)
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Lucy Etheldred Broadwood (1858–1929) by unknown photographer, 1901 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Buchan, Peter (1790–1854), folk-song collector, historian, and publisher
William Donaldson
Buchan, Peter (1790–1854), folk-song collector, historian, and publisher, was born on 4 August 1790 at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the only son of Peter Buchan, a ships' pilot from Peterhead, and his wife, Janet Buchan of St Fergus, Aberdeenshire. On 20 June 1813 he married ...
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Bunting, Edward (1773–1843), collector of folk music
Michael Heaney
Bunting, Edward (1773–1843), collector of folk music, was born in February 1773 at Armagh, the youngest of the three children of a mining engineer at Dungannon colliery in Coalisland, co. Tyrone (originally from Shottle, Derbyshire), and his wife, Mary (née O'Quin)...
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Ian A. Olson
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Gamble, John (d. 1687), composer and musician
Ian Spink
Gamble, John (d. 1687), composer and musician, was born to parents who are unknown. According to Anthony Wood he was apprenticed to Ambrose Beeland (a court and theatre musician), afterwards becoming 'a musician belonging to a playhouse in London' (Ashbee...
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Gamble, John (d. 1687)
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John Gamble (d. 1687) by Thomas Cross, pubd 1656 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Goodman, James (1828–1896), Church of Ireland clergyman and music collector
Hugh Shields
Goodman, James (1828–1896), Church of Ireland clergyman and music collector, was born on 22 September 1828 at Ballyameen, Dingle, co. Kerry, third of the nine children of Revd Thomas Chute Goodman (bap. 1793, d. 1864) and his wife, Mary, née Gorham, of ...
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Gordon, Anna (1747–1810), ballad collector
William Donaldson
Gordon, Anna (1747–1810), ballad collector, was born in Old Aberdeen on 24 August 1747, the youngest daughter of Thomas Gordon (1714–1797), professor of humanity at King's College, Aberdeen, and his wife, Lilias Forbes of Disblair. She was presumably educated privately, and married on 13 December 1788 the ...
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Gould, Sabine Baring- (1834–1924)
Maker: W. & D. Downey
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Sabine Baring- Gould (1834–1924) by W. & D. Downey, pubd 1893 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Gould, Sabine Baring- (1834–1924), Church of England clergyman, author, and folksong collector
Brenda Colloms
Gould, Sabine Baring- (1834–1924), Church of England clergyman, author, and folksong collector, born at Dix's Field, Exeter, on 28 January 1834, was the eldest of the three sons and a daughter of Edward Baring-Gould, a captain in the armed forces of the East India Company...
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Greig, Gavin (1856–1914), folksong collector and teacher
Ian A. Olson
Greig, Gavin (1856–1914), folksong collector and teacher, was born on 10 February 1856 in the North Lodge, Parkhill estate, near Dyce in Aberdeenshire, the fourth of five children of Gavin Greig (1822–1881), forester and land steward, and his wife, Mary (1815–1893), daughter of ...
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Herd, David (bap. 1732, d. 1810), song collector and editor
William Donaldson
Herd, David (bap. 1732, d. 1810), song collector and editor, was born at Balmakelly in the parish of Marykirk in Kincardineshire, and baptized there on 23 October 1732, the son of John Herd, a farmer, and his wife, Margaret Low (1691–1751). Little is known of his education. He spent much of his career as a law clerk with ...
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Jamieson, Robert (1772–1844), antiquary and ballad collector
T. W. Bayne
revised by Harriet Harvey Wood
Jamieson, Robert (1772–1844), antiquary and ballad collector, was born in Moray on 2 April 1772, the son of John Jamieson and his wife, Elizabeth Simpson. After graduating from King's College, Aberdeen, in 1793, he was appointed an assistant classical teacher at Macclesfield, Cheshire...
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Karpeles, Maud Pauline (1885–1976)
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Maud Pauline Karpeles (1885–1976) by unknown photographer courtesy EFDSS
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Karpeles, Maud Pauline (1885–1976), folk music collector and scholar
Michael Heaney
Karpeles, Maud Pauline (1885–1976), folk music collector and scholar, was born on 12 November 1885 at Lancaster Gate, London, the third of five children of John N. Karpeles (d. 1926?), merchant and stockbroker, a naturalized German from Hamburg, and his wife, Emily Annette (1861–1914)...
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Lee [née Spooner], Catharine Anna [Kate] (1859–1904), singer and folk-song collector
C. J. Bearman
Lee [née Spooner], Catharine Anna [Kate] (1859–1904), singer and folk-song collector, was born at Wellow House, Rufford, Nottinghamshire, on 9 March 1859, the third child and second daughter of Lucius Henry Spooner (b. 1817?) and his wife, Margaret Skottowe (b...
