This chapter presents an analysis of selected recordings from the Opie Collection of Children's Games in the National Sound Archive. It contextualises them with an account of the Opies' research approach, and identifies three themes emerging from the recordings which are not found in published work by the Opies. These are: the strong rleatinoship between children's media cultures and traditional play cultures; more extensive variation of words and music in the singing games; and more extreme examples of obscene and scatological rhymes
This article considers the value and role of early years music and sound activities in museum spaces...
In ethnomusicological research, children are often conceptualised as the next generation of culture ...
Throughout childhood, children experience the social semiotic of music in a variety of ways. As the...
The present article considers the papers at the Bodleian Libraries, specifically the Opies' primary ...
The pioneering work of the Opies has been an inspiration to many people interested in children’s pla...
This chapter introduces an edited edition of essays which emerge from the project Children's Playgro...
This article outlines the biographies of Iona (1923 –) and Peter (1918–1982) Opie and describes thei...
This lecture draws attention to research into children’s folklore in Britain from the last century, ...
This lecture draws attention to research into children’s folklore in Britain from the last century, ...
The names of Iona (1923-) and Peter Opie (1918-1982) will be familiar to many students of oral tradi...
This paper uses the sonic geographies of childhood as an entry point into long-standing and importan...
The oral traditions of children are rich and varied, and encompass the songs, chants, rhymes, storie...
The oral traditions of children are rich and varied, and encompass the songs, chants, rhymes, storie...
International Journal of Play: Call for papers for forthcoming Special Issue Lifework and Legacy Rev...
It is increasingly recognised that humans are innately musical, and that the early interactions of i...
This article considers the value and role of early years music and sound activities in museum spaces...
In ethnomusicological research, children are often conceptualised as the next generation of culture ...
Throughout childhood, children experience the social semiotic of music in a variety of ways. As the...
The present article considers the papers at the Bodleian Libraries, specifically the Opies' primary ...
The pioneering work of the Opies has been an inspiration to many people interested in children’s pla...
This chapter introduces an edited edition of essays which emerge from the project Children's Playgro...
This article outlines the biographies of Iona (1923 –) and Peter (1918–1982) Opie and describes thei...
This lecture draws attention to research into children’s folklore in Britain from the last century, ...
This lecture draws attention to research into children’s folklore in Britain from the last century, ...
The names of Iona (1923-) and Peter Opie (1918-1982) will be familiar to many students of oral tradi...
This paper uses the sonic geographies of childhood as an entry point into long-standing and importan...
The oral traditions of children are rich and varied, and encompass the songs, chants, rhymes, storie...
The oral traditions of children are rich and varied, and encompass the songs, chants, rhymes, storie...
International Journal of Play: Call for papers for forthcoming Special Issue Lifework and Legacy Rev...
It is increasingly recognised that humans are innately musical, and that the early interactions of i...
This article considers the value and role of early years music and sound activities in museum spaces...
In ethnomusicological research, children are often conceptualised as the next generation of culture ...
Throughout childhood, children experience the social semiotic of music in a variety of ways. As the...