  == births and deaths == ===births=== * william kimber (1872&ndash;1961) english morris musician * ralph vaughan williams (1872&ndash;1958) english composer and song collector * sam larner (1878&ndash;1965) english folk singer * percy grainger (1882&ndash;1961) australian composer who collected and recorded english folk songs * harry cox (1885&ndash;1971) english folk singer * lewis 'scan' tester (1886&ndash;1972) english folk musician ==collections of songs or music== * 1651 "english dancing master" by john playford (1623&ndash;1686) * 1725 "a collection of old ballads" by ambrose philips * 1765 "reliques of ancient english poetry" by thomas percy (1721&ndash;1811) * 1765 "mother goose's melody" by anonymous * 1788 "yorkshire garland" by joseph ritson * 1793 "northumberland garland" by joseph ritson * 1798 manuscript dance tune book by joshua jackson * 1827 "minstrelsy ancient and modern" by william motherwell (1797&ndash;1835) * 1842 "nursery rhymes of england" by james orchard halliwell * 1849 "popular rhymes and nursery tales" by james orchard halliwell * 1859 "popular music of olden time" by william chappell (1809&ndash;1888) * 1882 "english and scottish popular ballads" by francis james child (1825&ndash;1896) * 1893 english county songs by j. a. fuller maitland (1856&ndash;1936) and lucy broadwood (1858&ndash;1929) * 1893 "songs and ballads of northern england" by i stokoe  
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