A Morris Bibliography

Books

"Morris Dance in America: Proceedings of the 1991 Conference"
Anthony G. Barrand & Jocelyn Reynolds (eds.)
1991
Many vignettes regarding the life and times of American teams.

"A Handbook of Morris Dances"
Lionel Bacon
The Morris Ring
1974
The most concise reference for Cotswold (& Border) Morris dances and tunes.

"The Morris Book"
Volumes 1-5
1911-1924
Cecil J. Sharp and Herbert C. MacIlwaine
The Morris Ring
1991
ISBN 0-9503402-3-5
The original text from the man who brought Morris back from the brink of extinction.

"The Imagined Village: Culture, Ideology, and the English Folk Revival"
Georgina Boyes
Manchester University Press
1993

"A Standard to Live up To: A Study of the Ring O'Bells
A New York-based Women's Morris Team"
Jocelyn Bronwyn Reynolds
Master's Thesis
Boston University Professors Program
1992 (rev. 1993/94)
Personal insights into the origin of the first American women's Morris.

"Six Fools and a Dancer: The Timeless Way of the Morris"
Anthony G. Barrand
Northern Harmony Publishing Company, Plainfield, VT
1991
ISBN 0-9627554-1-9
The most scholarly single work available on American Morris.

"Roy Dommett's Morris Notes"
Volumes I-V
Anthony G. Barrand (ed.)
Country Dance and Song Society
1986
More information on each and every tradition than any normal person could consume.

"Annals of Early Morris"
John Forrest & Michael Heaney
CECTAL in association with the Morris Ring
1991
An index of all known references to Morris.

"Longsword Dances from Traditional and Manuscript Sources:
as collated and notated by Ivor Allsop"
Edited by Anthony G. Barrand
Northern Harmony Publishing Company
1996
Proclaimed as the "Bacon" of Longsword Dances.

Periodicals

Country Dance and Song Society News
Country Dance and Song Society of America
17 New South Street
Northampton, MA 01060

Bay Area Country Dancer
Bay Area Country Dance Society
P.O. Box 22165
San Francisco, CA 94122
This newsletter is published four times per year by BACDS.