Established in 1995
Cantaria
is a library of traditional and contemporary folk songs, mostly from Ireland, Scotland, and England, intended to be
an educational tool for propagating the living song tradition by providing
lyrics with recorded examples of songs being sung, historical notes about the
songs and in some cases the sheet music as well. Cantaria currently contains
lyrics for 260+ songs,
with recordings contributed by a
variety of singers, amateur and professional.
Please see what's new to learn about recent changes to our site. We've revised song pages to print better and include new features.
Alphabetical
Index
All
songs indexed by title (and title variations)
Traditional
Songs in the public domain.
Contemporary in traditional style
Written since ~1920 and still under copyright.
Pre-1600
Songs documented before 1600
(We don't have too many in this category. If you've recorded some and
would like to contribute, tell us.)
Faire Fare
Songs written for or about e-enactment communities, including Society
for Creative Anachronism (SCA) and renaissance faires.
Singers
All songs, listed by the singers who have generously agreed to let us use
their recordings in Cantaria.
Reference shelf
*
Recommended
songbook list (being revised)
* Articles from Irish
singer and folklorist
Mattie
Lennon
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Web resources: traditional singing info, song research, music biz
(being revised)
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