Tony Barrand
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| Tony Barrand | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Anthony Grant Barrand |
| Origin | Cornell University |
| Genre(s) | Traditional folk music |
| Years active | 1969— |
| Label(s) | Golden Hind Music |
| Associated acts | Roberts and Barrand Nowell Sing We Clear |
| Website | Tony Barrand's homepage |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| percussion | |
Dr. Anthony Grant Barrand (born 1940s in England) is an academic and musician residing in Brattleboro, Vermont. He is Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University, where his courses include "Stalking the Wild Mind: The Psychology and Folklore of Extra-Sensory Perception and Psychic Phenomena", "English Ritual Dance and Drama", and "Folk Songs as Social History".
He is best known for his musical collaborations with John Roberts. As Roberts and Barrand, they perform a cappella and accompanied performances of traditional English folk music. They also perform and record fare such as sea shanties of the North Atlantic, and an album of traditional drinking songs. The duo is also half of the related act Nowell Sing We Clear—which in addition to a number of albums—performs an annual yuletide concert series.
Born in England, Barrand moved to the United States after completing a Bachelor of Arts at The University of Keele. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University, where he also formed his ongoing music partnership with John Roberts.
Barrand is also an expert morris and clog dancer, having taught across the United States, and written several books on the subject. He has edited the journal Country Dance and Song and founded the Marlboro Morris Ale, an annual national gathering of Morris dancers in Vermont.
Barrand's collection of film and video of morris, sword, and clog dancing was deposited in 2003, by invitation, to the American Folklife Center, as the Anthony Grant Barrand Collection of Morris, Sword, and Clog Dancing at the Library of Congress (catalog number AFC2003/5). As of 2005 the collection had been digitized and is available online at Boston University.
Since the late 1990s, multiple sclerosis has limited Barrand's mobility, but not his academic work or musical performances.[1]
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[edit] Works
[edit] Discography
- Northern Harmony (1990) Front Hall Records. Voorheesville, New York.
- Roberts and Barrand recordings
- Spencer the Rover is Alive and Well… (1971, 2001)
- Across the Western Ocean (1973, 2000)
- Mellow With Ale From the Horn (1975)
- Dark Ships in the Forest (1977, 1997)
- Live at Holsteins! (1983)
- A Present from the Gentlemen (1992)
- Naulakha Redux (1997)
- Heartoutbursts (1998)
- Twiddlum Twaddlum (2003)
- Nowell Sing We Clear recordings
- Nowell Sing We Clear (1977)
- To Welcome In The Spring (1980)
- The Second Nowell (1981)
- Nowell Sing We Clear, Vol. 3 (1985)
- Nowell Sing We Four (1988)
- The Best of… Sing We Clear (1989)
- Hail Smiling Morn! (1995)
[edit] Bibliography
- Northern Harmony: Plain Tunes, Fuging Tunes, and Anthems from the New England Singing School Traditions (fourth edition, 1998, editor, with Larry Gordon) Northern Harmony Publishing Co. ISBN 0-9627-5546-X
- Second edition, 1990, with Larry Gordon and Carole Moody
- First edition, 1980, with Carole Moody
- English Clog Dance Steps: Hornpipe, waltz, and reel (Revised edition, 1983) School for Traditional Dance and Song Press. Boston, Mass.
- Roy Dommett's Morris Notes (1986, editor) Country Dance and Song Society of America. Northampton, Mass.
- Volume 1: Cotswold or Wychwood Morris
- Volume 2: North-West Morris
- Volume 3: Garland Dances
- Volume 4: Sword Dances
- Volume 5: Other Morris
- Morris Dance in America: Proceedings of the 1991 Conference (1991, editor, with Jocelyn Reynolds)
- Six Fools and a Dancer: The Timeless Way of the Morris (1991) ISBN 0-9627554-1-9
- Longsword Dances from Traditional and Manuscript Sources: As Collated and Notated by Ivor Allsop (1996, editor) Northern Harmony Publishing Co.
- Morris, Sword, and Clog Dancing: English and American Performances, 1976 – present (film and video archive, 2003)
[edit] External links
- Tony Barrand's personal homepage
- Barrand's page at Boston University
- Roberts and Barrand homepage
- Golden Hind Music (official site)
