Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax

male, deceased (2002)
music historian, Blues Hall of Fame inductee, University of Texas at Austin alumni, music critic, folk music, Folk-song collector
Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 - July 19, 2002) was an important American folklorist and musicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of...
Cecil Sharp

Cecil Sharp

male, deceased (1924)
Folk-song collector, twentieth century, English folk dance, Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge, Cecil James Sharp, traditional dance
Cecil James Sharp was the founding father of the folklore revival in England in the early twentieth century, and many of England's traditional...
Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

male, 90 years old
Turn, Turn, Turn!, Pantheist, Spanish Civil War, Leadbelly, United States National Medal of Arts recipient, Fast Folk artist…Protest song, folk music, Folk-song collector, Folk singer, Folk musician
Peter Seeger (born May 3, 1919), almost universally known as Pete Seeger, is a folk singer, political activist, and author. As a member of the...
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams

male, deceased (1958)
Deaf musician, Alumni of the Royal College of Music, buried at Westminster Abbey, Scores, composer, British…Folk-song collector, English Folk Dance and Song Society
Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM (October 12, 1872 - August 26, 1958) was an influential English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral...
Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie

male, deceased (1967)
american folk, Dust Bowl, Great Plains, Sailor, great depression, Communism…American folk musician, american folk music, Folk singer, Folk-song collector
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912-October 3, 1967) was a prolific American folk musician. He described himself in one of his songs as "The...
Percy Grainger

Percy Grainger

male, deceased (1961)
vegetarian, ARIA Award winner, Classical music in Australia, ARIA Hall of Fame inductee, Classical pianist, composer…Folk-song collector
Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 1882 - 20 February, 1961) was an Australian-born pianist, composer, and champion of the saxophone and the Concert...
Jean Ritchie

Jean Ritchie

female, 86 years old
Folk musician, folklorist, Musicologist, American, Appalachian dulcimer player, Kentucky musician…folk music, Folk singer, Folk-song collector
Jean Ritchie (born December 8, 1922) is an American folk singer and Appalachian dulcimer player.
A. L. Lloyd

A. L. Lloyd

male, deceased (1982)
A People's History of England, British Legion, Daily Worker, Communist Party of Great Britain, The Morning Star, BBC…Folk musician, Folk singer, Folk-song collector, folk music, Folk Song in England
Albert Lancaster Lloyd (29 February, 1908- 29 September, 1982), usually known as A. L. Lloyd or Bert Lloyd, was an English folk singer and...
John Jacob Niles

John Jacob Niles

male, deceased (1980)
From Kentucky, From Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville, Folk-song collector, lyon, Folk singer…newport folk festival, American folk music revival
John Jacob Niles (b. Louisville, Kentucky, April 28, 1892; d. Lexington, Kentucky, March 1, 1980) was an American composer, singer, and collector...
Sabine Baring-Gould

Sabine Baring-Gould

male, deceased (1924)
Biographer, whooping-cough, Christian hymnwriter, novelist, dartmoor, antiquarian…Folk-song collector
The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 - 2 January 1924) was an English Victorian hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic...