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Notes about Morris, Maypole, Broom, Frog and Kibby Dances. Also the Wrastling Crib.: Notes about Morris, Maypole, Broom, Frog and Kibby Dances. Also the Wrastling Crib.
Transcribing dances: William Kimber William Kimber at home, Merryville, St Ann’s Road, Headington, 16 June 1959, with Theo Chaundy, Christopher Chaundy
Letter from Douglas Kennedy to Maud Karpeles 20-7-38: Letter from [Douglas Kennedy] to Maud Karpeles (20 Jul 1938) re Karpeles' membership of [EFDSS] teaching staff and Board of Examiners and Kennedy's thoughts relating to alterations to Headington dances and information from William Kimber.
Extract by Maud Karpeles from letter: Extract by Maud Karpeles from letter from William Kimber to Maud Karpeles (27 Jan 1938) re Kimber's role as the sole source for Sharp's notation and insistance that Sharp's notation of the Headington tunes and dances is correct and is traditional.
Letter from Francis Fryer to Mary Neal: Letter from Francis Fryer to Mary Neal, 1 Mar 1938, re The revival of Abingdon Morris and the search for traditional dances.
BTTQ Education workshops: As part of the 'Back to the Quarry' project, we carried out some workshops at two primary schools in the Headington area: Wood Farm Primary School (situated a couple of minutes walk from the house which Kimber was born in) and Windmill Primary School...
Sharp as musician and collector: William Kimber Recorded at Theo Chaundy's house, 62 Iffley Road, Oxford, 1956; a few days after Tape 54A/B.
Collecting with Sharp: William Kimber, Hilda Chaundy, Theo Chaundy Recorded at Theo Chaundy's house, 62 Iffley Road, Oxford, 1956Present: William Kimber, Mabel Stace, Charlie Jones, Jim Phillips, Theo Chaundy, Hilda Chaundy (wife of TC), Christopher Chaundy, Jennifer...
First meeting and Sharp and Neal: Christopher Chaundy, William Kimber, Theo Chaundy Recorded at Theo Chaundy's house, 62 Iffley Road, Oxford, 1956Present: William Kimber, Mabel Stace, Charlie Jones, Jim Phillips, Theo Chaundy, Hilda Chaundy (wife of TC), Christopher Chaundy, Jennifer...
Kenneth Loveless: William Kimber Recorded at Theo Chaundy's house, 62 Iffley Road, Oxford, 1956Present: William Kimber, Mabel Stace, Charlie Jones, Jim Phillips, Theo Chaundy, Hilda Chaundy (wife of TC), Christopher Chaundy, Jennifer Churchill (future wife of CC)
Letter from Maud Karpeles to Anne Gilchrist: Letter from [Maud Karpeles] to Anne Geddes Gilchrist (12 April 1930) re criticism and request for alteration and/or omission of Gilchrist's article in the EFDS News, collecting and publication of Headington dances with reference to the Board of...
Letter from Maud Karpeles to Rolf Gardiner: Letter from [Maud Karpeles] to Henry Rolf Gardiner (12 Dec 1962) re disagreements with Gardiner's address to the Cambridge Morris Men relating to Cecil Sharp's opinion of women and Morris dancing, declining standard of songs and dances with reference...
'Back to the Quarry': This website was created as part of the 'Back to the Quarry' project (BTTQ), by Folk Arts Oxford, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The aim of BTTQ was to explore the musical history of William Kimber and his family, and share the story with the...
Letter from Douglas Kennedy to Maud Karpeles 25-7-38: Letter from [Douglas Kennedy] to Maud Karpeles (25 Jul 1938) disputing Kennedy's supposed suggestion that William Kimber's insistance on the accuracy of Cecil Sharp's notation of the Headington tunes and dances was influenced by Karpeles [see MK/5/86]...
Letter from Maud Karpeles to Douglas Kennedy 16-7-38: Letter from Maud Karpeles to Douglas Kennedy (16 Jul 1938) re Karpeles' membership of [EFDSS] teaching staff and Board of Examiners, [EFDSS] staff conference and enclosed documents relating to alterations to Headington dances and information from...
Letter from William Kimber to Maud Karpeles 27-1-38: Letter from William Kimber to Maud Karpeles (27 Jan 1938) re memories of meeting Cecil Sharp, Kimber's role as the sole source for Sharp's notation and insistance that Sharp's notation of the Headington tunes and dances is correct and is traditional.
Letter from Kenworthy Schofield to Maud Karpeles: Letter from Kenworthy Schofield to Maud Karpeles (21 July 1938) re discussion relating to dances of Headington Morris and plea for Karpeles to attend [EFDSS] staff conference.
Letter from Maud Karpeles to Kenworthy Schofield: Letter from [Maud Karpeles] to Kenworthy Schofield (23 July 1938) re discussion relating to dances of Headington Morris and decision not to attend [EFDSS] staff conference.
Letter from Maud Karpeles to William Kimber 29-1-38: Letter from [Maud Karpeles] to William Kimber (29 Jan 1938) re assurance that Kimber's insistance on the correctness of [Cecil Sharp's notation of] the Headington tunes and dances will be noted and kept for future reference.
Letter from Maud Karpeles to Douglas Kennedy 22-7-38: Letter from Maud Karpeles to 'Douglas' [Douglas Kennedy] (22 Jul 1938) re Karpeles' attendance at [EFDSS] staff conference and response to suggestion that William Kimber's insistance on the accuracy of Cecil Sharp's notation of the Headington tunes and...

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