Anne Geddes Gilchrist O.B.E., F.S.A | |
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Born | 8 December 1863
Manchester, England |
Died | 24 July 1954 |
Occupation | Folk song collector |
Anne Geddes Gilchrist OBE FSA [1] (8 December 1863 – 24 July 1954) [2] [3] was a British folk song collector. [4] [5] Although less well-known than her London-based counterparts, her expertise was acknowledged by Cecil Sharp, Lucy Broadwood, and John Masefield. [4] [6]
Anne Geddes Gilchrist was born in Manchester, to Scottish parents. [4] She had a musical upbringing and was related to Rev Neil Livingston, who compiled a psalter. [4] After meeting Sabine Baring-Gould she became involved with folk music and joined the editorial board of the Folk-Song Society in 1906. [4] [7] She had an unusually good memory for hymn tunes, one of her areas of expertise. [4] Gilchrist is a neglected figure because she did not write any books. [4] Instead she contributed many scholarly articles to the Journal of the Folk-Song Society. [8]
In the very first edition of the Journal of the Folk-Song Society she wrote an article on the song Long Lankin. She reports that a woman in Northumberland used to frighten children by shouting "There's Long Lankin". Gilchrist collected songs from Scotland and the north-west of England. [4] This was particularly valuable, as few folk-song collections had been made from that part of England. Following the discovery of a medieval sculpted stone in Cumberland, she was admitted to the Society of Antiquaries in 1935, at the age of 70. [9] [10] She was awarded the OBE in 1948 for her services to folk song and dance. [11] Her last scholarly article was written at the age of 79. Her papers are lodged in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. [11]
Anne Geddes Gilchrist O.B.E., F.S.A | |
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Born | 8 December 1863
Manchester, England |
Died | 24 July 1954 |
Occupation | Folk song collector |
Anne Geddes Gilchrist OBE FSA [1] (8 December 1863 – 24 July 1954) [2] [3] was a British folk song collector. [4] [5] Although less well-known than her London-based counterparts, her expertise was acknowledged by Cecil Sharp, Lucy Broadwood, and John Masefield. [4] [6]
Anne Geddes Gilchrist was born in Manchester, to Scottish parents. [4] She had a musical upbringing and was related to Rev Neil Livingston, who compiled a psalter. [4] After meeting Sabine Baring-Gould she became involved with folk music and joined the editorial board of the Folk-Song Society in 1906. [4] [7] She had an unusually good memory for hymn tunes, one of her areas of expertise. [4] Gilchrist is a neglected figure because she did not write any books. [4] Instead she contributed many scholarly articles to the Journal of the Folk-Song Society. [8]
In the very first edition of the Journal of the Folk-Song Society she wrote an article on the song Long Lankin. She reports that a woman in Northumberland used to frighten children by shouting "There's Long Lankin". Gilchrist collected songs from Scotland and the north-west of England. [4] This was particularly valuable, as few folk-song collections had been made from that part of England. Following the discovery of a medieval sculpted stone in Cumberland, she was admitted to the Society of Antiquaries in 1935, at the age of 70. [9] [10] She was awarded the OBE in 1948 for her services to folk song and dance. [11] Her last scholarly article was written at the age of 79. Her papers are lodged in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. [11]