Steve Roud

Steve Roud (/rd/) is the creator of the Roud Folk Song Index and an expert on folklore and superstition, resident in Maresfield, East Sussex, England.[1] He was formerly Local Studies Librarian for the London Borough of Croydon and Honorary Librarian of the Folklore Society, whose Committee he later rejoined.

Roud Folk Song Index

Main article: Roud Folk Song Index

The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of nearly 200,000 references to songs that have been collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world. It is hosted on the web-site of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library.[2][3]

Books

References

  1. Penguin Group (Canada)
  2. "Vaughan Williams Memorial Library". English Folk Dance and Song Society. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  3. "Roud Folksong Index search page". Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  4. Review in the Guardian
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