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With British folk songs done by a New Yorker, the soundtrack disappeared for decades – but has now become a touchstone for artists journeying to a nation’s dark heart
Vaughan Williams incorporated English folk melodies into his music in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, as we'll hear today with his Six Studies in English Folk Song for clarinet and piano. Tune in at 9 a.m. on 91.1 and 107.5 FM and our music stream.
My new play Folk focuses on two Somerset sisters whose – uncredited – recall of traditional songs helped Sharp save the music from extinction. It’s an ambivalent legacy