ABSTRACT
English collectors were technologically challenged compared to their contemporaries such as Bartok and Lineva. The society advised the formation of song-collecting centres in country neighbourhoods for purpose of organised work. Kate Lee, who had been a motivational force in its founding and later its honorary secretary, was an enthusiastic and indefatigable collector, but had fallen ill and had grown progressively worse. C. J. Bearman, 'Kate Lee and the Foundation of the Folk-Song Society', Folk Music Journal. Lucy Broadwood may also have interpreted Lee's initiative in starting the society as poaching on her territory. The two had certain similarities; both were classically trained singers and came from affluent backgrounds. The Society's links to the musical establishment could not have been clearer when the AGM was held in the Concert Room of the Royal Academy of Music. Enthusiastic and admiring, Percy Grainger was an example of someone who respected Lucy's pioneering work and was finding ways to take it to new levels.
