User:Elaine Bradtke

Elaine Bradtke is an American born and trained ethnomusicologist and librarian. She splits her working days between the James Madison Carpenter project, based at the Elphinstone Institute of the University of Aberdeen, and the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Through her work as a specialist librarian she has developed a strong general background in British and American folklore and music as well as the preservation and dissemination of ethnographic field collections. Areas of specific interest both as a participant and researcher include the traditional music and dance of England and its related customs, with a particular focus on the fiddle.