Violet Alford was an internationally recognised authority on folk dancing and its related music, costume, and folk customs.
10 Facts About Violet Alford
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Violet Alford believed that a common prehistoric root explained the similarities found across much of Europe.
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Violet Alford's father taught her and her sisters music, and a governess was responsible for their other early education.
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Violet Alford spent her summers observing dances in the Pyrenees, and her winters writing and researching at the University of Bristol and the British Museum.
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Violet Alford learned the Basque language, and learned to perform some of the Basque dances she studied.
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Violet Alford was secretary of the first International Folk Dance Festival, held in London in 1935 and chaired by musicologist Maud Karpeles.
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Violet Alford's work was described as "dance ritual archaeology" by a fellow scholar.
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Violet Alford supervised the moving, cataloguing, and unpacking of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library during World War II.
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Violet Alford was an adjudicator at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, judging folk dances and instrumental music.
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Violet Alford lived with her nephew, Dr Ormerod, in her later years.