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  1. RoadKnight, Margret
    ... her repertoire draws from contemporary, jazz, folk, blues and gospel music. She has performed topical ...
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  2. Barrie, Jack
    ... perform a new repertoire of Australian folk songs and music and promote the folk music traditions of rural ...
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  3. Robertson, Harry
    ... Songwriter and singer Harry Robertson was one of Australia's pioneer folk performers and folk music ...
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  1. Music resources theme - Instruments and instrumentalists - Bagpipes
    Music resources theme - Instruments and instrumentalists - Bagpipes
    Created by NLAmusic, 11 items.

    Several traditions of bagpipe playing exist in Australia, including Irish, Macedonian, and the most common, Scottish. Pipe and drum bands have served civilian and military functions in Australia since...

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  2. Scottish highland dancing history -- Queensland
    Scottish highland dancing history -- Queensland
    Created by kamilaroi, 65 items.

    Authoring the history of Scottish highland dancing in Queensland. Currently over 280 pages. Work in progress. Newspaper articles relating to this topic, including the presence of Scottish...

    Keywords: bagpipes, Burns Club, Caledonian association, Caledonian society, eisteddfod, Highland fling, Highland gathering, kilt, Rabbie BURNS, Robbie BURNS, Scottish association, Scottish concert, Scottish highland dancing, Scottish identity, Scottish society, tartan
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  3. Ballets Russes Australian tours (1936 - 1940)
    Ballets Russes Australian tours (1936 - 1940)
    Created by NLAdance, 75 items.

    A number of Ballets Russes companies were formed in the wake of the dissolution of Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russe following his death in 1929. Between 1936 and 1940 three of these companies visited...

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  1. Website: Australian folk songs
    crixa.com
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  2. Website: Folk Australia
    folkaustralia.com
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  3. Website: Union songs
    unionsong.com
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    • Freedom Come-All-Ye - 22/9/2009
    • ... of the Scottish Folk revival, and originally a sixties protest song, it is still popular in Scotland...
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  1. Scotland the brave : a celebration of Scottish music, song and dance
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation
    [ Video : 2000-2004 ]
    At 21 libraries
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  2. The flowers of Scotland / Carl Peterson
    Peterson, Carl vocalist
    [ Sound : 1996 ]
    Languages: Scots
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  3. Scotland the brave / Carl Peterson
    Peterson, Carl vocalist
    [ Sound : 1991 ]
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  4. Folk songs and ballads of Scotland / compiled and edited by Ewan MacColl
    MacColl, Ewan
    [ Printed music : 1965 ]
    At 6 libraries
    Folk songs and ballads of Scotland / compiled and edited by Ewan MacColl
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  1. Folk songs and ballads of Scotland. / [Music autography by Carl Rosenthal. Music ed. by Peggy Seeger]
    MacColl, Ewan
    [ Book : 1965 ]
    At 2 libraries
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  2. The merry muses of Caledonia / Ed. by J. Barke and S. G. Smith ; With a prefatory note and some authentic Burns texts contributed by J. De Lancey Ferguson. <With gloss.>
    Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
    [ Book : 1959-2009 ]
    Languages: English, Scots
    Read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
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    At 32 libraries
    The merry muses of Caledonia / Ed. by J. Barke and S. G. Smith ; With a prefatory note and some authentic Burns texts contributed by J. De Lancey Ferguson. <With gloss.>
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  3. The Scots musical museum : 1787-1803 / introduction by Donald A. Low
    Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
    [ Book : 1991 ]
    At 7 libraries
    The Scots musical museum : 1787-1803 / introduction by Donald A. Low
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  4. Music and society in lowland Scotland in the eighteenth century / David Johnson
    Johnson, David, 1942-
    [ Book : 1972 ]
    At 12 libraries
    Music and society in lowland Scotland in the eighteenth century / David Johnson
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  1. 1985 Neptune Plaza Concert Series c...
    Cephas, John
    [ Photograph : 1985 ]
  2. James Madison Carpenter collection,...
    Carpenter, Jame...
    [ Photograph : 1928-1987 ]
  3. John Lorne Campbell (Fear Chanaidh)...
    Shaw, John
    Folk Music Journal
    [ Photograph, Article : 1998 ]
  4. The Anne and Frank Warner collectio...
    Hicks, Ray, 192...
    [ Photograph : 1938-1969 ]
  5. National Library of Australia Folk ...
    Power, Greg, 19...
    [ Photograph : 2012 ]
    National Library of Australia Folk Fellows concert in the Budawang and Rob Willis and friends in the Trocadero at the National Folk Festival, Canberra, April 2012 / Greg Power
  6. Chris Stone and Emma Nixon, Nationa...
    Power, Greg, 19...
    [ Photograph : 2012 ]
    Chris Stone and Emma Nixon, National Folk Festival Fellows in performance at the National Library of Australia, 23 February 2012 / Greg Power
  1. Music and papers
    Brash, James, b. 1881
    [ Unpublished : 1893-1895 ]
    At National Library
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  2. Glauser, Beverly Brown
    Beverly Brown Glauser
    [ Unpublished : 1864 ]
    View online (access conditions)
    Glauser, Beverly Brown
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  3. The Alice Moyle Collection. Papers
    Moyle, Alice M. (Alice Marshall), 1908-2005
    [ Unpublished : 1886 ]
    Possibly online
    At AIATSIS Library
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  1. Far from spotlight, Glasgow flourishes; diverse acts emerge from Scottish city. (Glasgow, Scotland) (The Billboard Report)
    Duffy, Thom
    Billboard
    [ Map, Photograph, Article : 1994 ]
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  2. Euro taste for tradition boosts Celtic sounds
    Sinclair, David
    Billboard
    [ Map, Photograph, Article : 1995 ]
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  3. Balancing local and national approaches at American fiddle contests
    Goertzen, Chris
    American Music
    [ Poster, chart, other, Map, Article : 1996 ]
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  1. SCOTS FOLK SONGS.
    The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Monday 20 July 1914 p 5 Article
    ... SCOTS FOLK SONGS. In the Royal Arch Hall, Queen-street, Edinurgh, Mr. Robert Burnett, the well-known known baritone, gave recently what he described scribed as a short talk on folk songs and the ... gainsaying the fact that quite a number of the best Scots folk songs figured among those which were ... 391 words
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  2. SCOTS FOLK SONGS
    Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) Friday 31 July 1914 p 23 Article
    ... SCOTS FOLK SONGS In the Royal Arch Hall. Queen-street, Ediburgh. Mr. Robert Burnett, the well ... there was no gainsaying the fact, that quite a number of the liest. .Scots folk songs figured among ... motive of thc song. Too yfteu thu .Scots songs were (he subject of disparaging remarks, hut that, to ... 444 words
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  3. FOLK SONGS OF THE HEBRIDES Scots Musicians to Broadcast in Australia
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Wednesday 29 July 1936 p 10 Article Illustrated
    ... FOLK SONGS OF THE HEBRIDES Scots Musicians to Broadcast in Australia Mr Duncan Morison, who has been appointed successor to Mrs. Kennedy Fraser as collector of the folk music of the Hebrides, arrived in Melbourne yesterday with Mr. Sydney MacEvvcn, to give con- certs of folk music for the ... 487 words
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  4. MOVEMENTS IN MUSIC The Singing Priest
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Saturday 19 June 1948 p 22 Article
    ... MOVEMENTS IN MUSIC The Singing D.O'S. THE true musical greatness and magic of the folk songs of Ireland and Scotland have been superbly revealed to Melbourne audiences during the last week by the ... and in Celtic folk g music, and is of absorbing interest s when telling of the stories behind s ... 468 words
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  5. NOTED SINGER PASSES "A Great Scotswoman"
    The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) Saturday 1 August 1931 Edition: HOME (SEMI-FINAL) EDITION p 3 Article
    ... mourns one who made a unique contribution io Scottish music and folk song. It i§ . . over 20: vears now since Mrs. Kennedy- . Fraser began giving to the world the . Songs qf 'the Hebrides, and sines ... nedy-Fraser is the greatest figure Scot- ? ' land has yet produced in music- Magic: ' ? was in her work; magic ... 294 words
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  6. SOMERSET FOLK SONGS. SOOTTISH BALLADS REALLY ENGLISH IN THERE ORIGIN.
    The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) Saturday 22 April 1905 p 6 Article
    ... SOMERSET FOLK SONGS. SOOTTISH BALLADS REALLY ENGLISH IN THERE ORIGIN. In one one. respect, at any, rate, hardly stands where it did. -This is in the matter of its folk songs, which Scotland is ... wonder why it- was that the Scot.isli folk-songs were 'so much better than the English.' Now, ... 1229 words
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  7. Music SCOTCH SNAPS
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Thursday 2 March 1939 Supplement: The Junior Argus p 2 Article
    ... it has been possible to trace Scottish folk-music, and among the treasured airs is the ancient ... [ Music SCOTCH SNAPS The Scotch snap, or catch, is a national peculiarity of Scottish music, particularly of the slow Strathspey reel. Burns and ¡others, however, wrote songs to many of these dance ... 318 words
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  8. OLD MELODIES FOLK SONGS AND DANCES MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE
    Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Qld. : 1926 - 1954) Sunday 4 May 1930 p 13 Article Illustrated
    ... OLD MELODIES FOLK SONGS AND DANCES MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE (By MARIE STEINITZ.) THE most natural, ... sprung -into being those lovely, tendc» aiolodios woven round the heart of ;i people - the folk songs ... of the nation itself. To Australians, who as yet have no folk songs of their own, the quaint melodies ... 1187 words
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  9. SCOTTISH CELEBRATION. National Day Service on Sunday.
    The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Friday 20 January 1939 p 23 Article
    ... Watson, a Scots rendering of the 23rd Psalm and passages of scripture, and special music by the ... and the whitewashed homes of Hebridean fisher-folk. She travelled in Scotland after the war, .making ... folk songs, will sing "Chi ? i Na (Mor-bheanuu)" (The Hills of Home) and "Au Chien thu Mi Mo Highean ... 329 words
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  10. Amusements. SCOTTISH CONCERT. [coming soon]
    Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) Tuesday 19 December 1893 p 3 Article
    ... ' The Old Scotch Songs.' and Mr. A. Edward followed with ' Scots Wha Ha'e.' The version was a bold ... was Mr. Millen's comic song in character, '? Uncle Wull.' Attired as a Scot of the Ally Sloper type, ... "Glesca folk" and ' arid their friends resident in Sydney. The occasion was ? the seventh annual ... 488 words
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  11. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. BURNS 164TH ANNIVERSARY. (Contributed.)
    The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express (WA : 1919 - 1929) Friday 2 February 1923 p 1 Article
    ... when feasting and dancing and the musi cal part of the programme were a credit to those Scots who admire the genius who has made the ' Art, Literature, History, Music, and Sports of Scotland. However, ... 25th a huge success. Also the talent who rendered the splendid folk lore songs and recitations of our ... 348 words
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  12. MR. HEUGHAN'S FAREWELL. A Scottish Night.
    The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Friday 25 September 1925 p 12 Article
    ... emphasised tlie Scottish character of the evening in their items. Tbe former sang lour Scotch -folk songs, ... tbe special significance, of the occa sion by beginning with 'O siirg to m© tire anld Scots' Sangs.' ... launched. Songs of love, of humour, of battle, of patriotism, succeeded. (Among the les^. familiar numbers ... 379 words
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  13. ANTHEM AT NINE. SIR H. S. OAKELEY'S CENTENARY. PIG SQUEALS G SHARP.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Friday 31 October 1930 p 19 Article
    ... years Reid Professor of Music in Edinburgh University. Scots folk owe a deep debt of grati- tude of ... - trying to bring the higher and moro cultivated music into contact with the - heart of Scotland, ... him how to put music down on paper. His first public appearance as organist seems to have been in his ... 478 words
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  14. HALLOWE'EN CONCERT. AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE.
    Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954) Tuesday 1 November 1921 p 5 Article
    ...been so fruitful in song as Scotland has. And yet the Scots arc referred to! by. some people, as gloomy ... of hearing many of those songs of Scottish origin which, never fail to inter est and bring enjoyment becaifce of their ...simplicity of words and music, songs which always strike, a responsive,. ... 702 words
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  15. KILLED BY A FALL OF EARTH. KALGOORLIE, February 21.
    The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) Monday 22 February 1904 p 5 Article
    ... in an address on 'Folk- music of Scotland,' said it was on record that in the twelfth century the people sang songs and used for their delight the harp, the tabor, and Uie choro- There was some ... (Laughter.) Dealing with the question why Scotland had nr-t taken her place among the musicil nations of the ... 390 words
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  16. SONGS THAT LIVE
    Canowindra Star and Eugowra News (NSW : 1910 - 1922) Friday 25 August 1922 p 7 Article
    ... old songs is inseparable from the Scot. No nation surpasses Scotland in the abundance and beauty of ... SONGS THAT LIVE j Some songs live, none can lull why. I Scotland, Ireland, and, in less measure ... continuity than many sealed parch ments. Out of the store of folk lore great numbers of songs have ... 1687 words
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  17. BURNS' ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. Enjoyable Banquet and Toast-list; Largely Attended. "THE IMMORTAL BARD," BY MR. J. D F. HARBISON.
    Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954) Thursday 28 January 1937 p 4 Article
    ... community .there arises a Scot tish club-a Scots Club, a Caledoniar Society, a Burns Society, a Thist1; Club, a Highland Society, or a. Gaelic Society; where they can hear Scottish songs and music, hear the ... the Scottish people, and as Morton has said, the Scot has grown up around him, his songs are part ... 1911 words
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  18. BRILLIANT SCOTTISH ARTISTS In Australia for A.B.C.
    The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1950) Thursday 16 July 1936 p 10 Article
    ... kuowledge of the precious folk. music of the IHebrides. Ho -wais eventually awarded -a two year ... of-Scottish, Irish ond Gaelic songs and nmelodies. HIe is a inative of. Glasgow, where he was edti ... ever since. :The twons young Scots have met with enllorimoiso success oni their tours of their native ... 645 words
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  19. Songs That We All Know. [coming soon]
    Petersburg Times (SA : 1887 - 1919) Friday 15 April 1898 p 6 Article
    ... been found in collections of Irish music at least two hundred years old. " The Blue Bells of Scotland" ... being an old English folk song. "Kathleen Mavourn&en" was written by Mrs. Crawford, an Irish lady, whose songs ninety years ago ;vere in high repute. The music was by Crouch, an eccentric genius, who in ... 693 words
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  20. MY AIN FOLK. BATHURST CALEDONIAN SOCIEIY. MUSIC. SONG, AND STORY. SPRIGS OF HEATHER. [coming soon]
    The Bathurst Times (NSW : 1909 - 1925) Monday 1 December 1913 p 2 Article
    ... FOLK. BATHURST CALEDONIAN SOCIEIY. MUSIC. SONG, AND STORY. SPRIGS OF HEATHER. Little v;McLACHLAN ... music, Mr. Ferguson siir1 that few countries were so happily bles with national folk songs as ... song and story extolled tho praises of that land which all* true Scots love, so well. The toast: of ... 1673 words
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  1. Tocher : tales, music, song; selected from the School of Scottish Studies Archives
    University of Edinburgh. School of Scottish Studies
    [ Periodical : 1900-2012 ]
    Languages: English, Irish, Scottish Gaelix
    At 4 libraries
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  2. Chapbook (Aberdeen, Scotland)
    Aberdeen Folk-Song Club
    [ Periodical : 1965-2012 ]
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  3. World music : the rough guide / editors: Simon Broughton ... [et al.]
    Broughton, Simon
    [ Book, Article : 1994-2000 ]
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    At 92 libraries
    World music : the rough guide / editors: Simon Broughton ... [et al.]
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  4. Scottish folk arts directory
    Scottish Folk Arts Group
    [ Periodical : 1900-2012 ]
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