Helen Hartness Flanders, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Helen Hartness Flanders

American collector of folk ballads

Date of Birth: 19-May-1890

Place of Birth: Springfield, Vermont, United States

Date of Death: 23-May-1972

Profession: historian, musicologist, music historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Helen Hartness Flanders (May 19, 1890 – May 23, 1972), a native of the U.S.
state of Vermont, was an internationally recognized ballad collector and an authority on the folk music found in New England and the British Isles.
At the initiative of the Vermont Commission on Country Life, Flanders commenced a three-decade career capturing traditional songs that were sung in New England—songs that, in many cases, traced their origin to the British Isles.
The timing of her life work was critical, coming as it did when people were turning away from traditional music in favor of listening to the radio.
Today her nearly 4,500 field recordings, transcriptions and analyses are housed at the Flanders Ballad Collection at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont and have been a resource for scholars and folk singers, since the establishment of the collection in 1941.