(1877-1950)
One of several young English composers who caught the craze for folk music in the first years of the 20th century. Between 1905 and 1907 he assisted George Barnet Gardiner (no relation) in collecting forays in Hampshire, as the latter lacked the necessary musical skill to note the tunes. Balfour Gardiner noted over 100 items, some of which were published in Folk Songs from Hampshire (1909), and the manuscripts of which are in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library.
Bibliography
The full bibliography list is available here.
- Stephen Lloyd, H. Balfour Gardiner (1984), 34-52
