Lee, Edward 1937- (Ed Lee)

PERSONAL:

Born 1937, in England. Education: Attended Oxford University.

CAREER:

Musician; examiner with the Registry of Guitar Tutors and London College of Music.

WRITINGS:

Music of the People: A Study of Popular Music in Great Britain, Barrie & Jenkins (London, England), 1970.

Jazz: An Introduction, Kahn & Averill (London, England), 1972, Crescendo Publishing (New York, NY), 1977, Robson Books (London, England), 1997.

(Editor, with Graham Vulliamy) Pop Music in School Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), 1976, revised edition, 1980.

Folksong and Music Hall, Routledge & Kegan Paul (London, England), 1982.

(Editor, with Graham Vulliamy) Pop, Rock and Ethnic Music in School, Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), 1982.

(With Graham Vulliamy) Popular Music: A Teacher's Guide, Routledge & Kegan Paul (Boston, MA), 1982.

Musical London, Omnibus (London, England), 1995.

SIDELIGHTS:

Edward Lee is a musician who played in jazz clubs, ballrooms, and other venues before turning his attention to composing in 2000. He is also the author of a number of volumes, including Folksong and Music Hall, a history of folk music "before the American invasion," wrote David Seymour, in a Popular Music essay. Lee traces his subject as it was performed in towns and in the countryside of England into the nineteenth century and comments on how it was changed by the Industrial Revolution, as well as by religion, dancing, and the culture of the working class.

Lee is editor with Graham Vulliamy of Pop, Rock and Ethnic Music in School, a study of ethnic and pop music as it has been taught in the classroom. The first section of the book addresses rock, pop, and Latin American music, including associated instruments. The second section focuses on technique, the guitar, voice, and blues and rock accompaniment. In the third section, Lee and Vulliamy comment on the teaching of such ethnic styles as reggae, drumming, steel bands, and Indian and Balinese music. This volume, as well as Popular Music: A Teacher's Guide, are part of a Routledge series.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Middleton, Richard, and David Horn, editors, Popular Music, Volume 3: Producers and Markets, Cambridge University Press (London, England), 1983, pp. 316-319.

PERIODICALS

Booklist, February 1, 1983, review of Folksong and Music Hall, p. 718.

Musical Times, October, 1983, Andrew Lamb, review of Folksong and Music Hall, p. 619.

New Statesman, July 16, 1982, review of Folksong and Music Hall, p. 22.