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Peter Douglas Kennedy (November 18, 1922 - June 10, 2006) was an English
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 collector of folk songs in the 1950s. Peter's father, Douglas, was EFDSS director after Cecil Sharp
Cecil Sharp

Cecil James Sharp was the founding father of the Roots revival in England in the early twentieth century, and many of England's traditional dances and music owe their continuing existence to his work in recording and publishing them....
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Kennedy was one of the presenters of the BBC folk music programme As I Roved Out, broadcast during the 1950s which involved collecting field recordings of folk singers. His 1961 book Folk Songs of Britain and Northern Ireland gave both the tunes and the words to hundreds of traditional songs, as well as brief notes about their origins.






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Peter Douglas Kennedy (November 18, 1922 - June 10, 2006) was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 collector of folk songs in the 1950s. Peter's father, Douglas, was EFDSS director after Cecil Sharp
Cecil Sharp

Cecil James Sharp was the founding father of the Roots revival in England in the early twentieth century, and many of England's traditional dances and music owe their continuing existence to his work in recording and publishing them....
.

Kennedy was one of the presenters of the BBC folk music programme As I Roved Out, broadcast during the 1950s which involved collecting field recordings of folk singers. His 1961 book Folk Songs of Britain and Northern Ireland gave both the tunes and the words to hundreds of traditional songs, as well as brief notes about their origins. Together with Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax was an United States folklore and musicology. He was one of the great Field work collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, the West Indies, Italy, and Spain....
 he went on to edit a series of records called "Folk Songs of Britain" (1968 - 71), issued on Rounder, which have since been re-issued on CD. A curious feature of these albums is that a song is presented by splicing together several recordings. Kennedy also founded the record label Folktrax.

Kennedy's work raised some controversy amongst the folk music community. After his death, the magazine Musical Traditions went so far as to draw up a list of opinions for and against Peter's legacy. The number of items against him is 28; in favour, 8. For some people he appeared exploitative and difficult to deal with, but his scholarship was rarely questioned.

Folk musicians recorded by Kennedy:

  • Bob & Ron Copper
    Copper Family

    The Copper Family are a family of singers of traditional, unaccompanied English Folk music. Originally from Rottingdean, near Brighton, Sussex, England, the nucleus of the family now live in the neighbouring village of Peacehaven....
  • Lizzie Higgins
    Lizzie Higgins

    Lizzie Higgins was an Aberdeenshire ballad singer.Born Elizabeth Ann Higgins in Guest Row, Aberdeen, she was the daughter of settled Scottish Travellerss the piper Donty Higgins and the singer Jeannie Robertson....
  • Jimmy MacBeath
    Jimmy MacBeath

    Jimmy MacBeath was an itinerant worker and singer of Bothy ballad.Jimmy MacBeath was born in the fishing village of Portsoy, Banffshire in Scotland....
  • John MacDonald
  • Sarah Makem
    Sarah Makem

    Legendary source singer Sarah Makem was a native of Keady, County Armagh, Ireland.She was the wife of fiddler Peter Makem, mother of musicians Tommy Makem and Jack Makem, and grandmother of musicians The Makem Brothers....
  • The McPeake Family of Belfast
  • Cyril Poacher
  • Bob Roberts
  • Jeannie Robertson
    Jeannie Robertson

    Jeannie Robertson was a Scotland folk music.It is not known where Jeannie Robertson was born but she did live at 90, Hilton Street in Aberdeen, where a plaque now commemorates her....
  • Herbert Smith
    Herbert Smith

    Herbert Smith LLP is a London-headquartered law firm, with an Asia practice, plus offices and representation in the Middle East and Europe. The firm was founded in the City of London in 1882 by Norman Herbert Smith and today has 240 partners and 1,300 fee-earners....
  • Phoebe Smith
  • Belle Stewart
    Belle Stewart

    Belle Stewart became known as a Scotland traditional singer.The general public knew little about Belle Stewart until 2006, when her daughter, Sheila Stewart...
  • Scan Tester
    Scan Tester

    Scan Tester was an English musician.Lewis Tester was born in Chelwood Gate, near Horsted Keynes, Sussex. At about the age of five he acquired the nickname "scantelope"....
  • Bill Westaway


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  • June 19, 2006