Editing Yorkshire (section)

===Music===
[[File:Kate Rusby live.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kate Rusby]] on stage in 2005]]
Yorkshire has a heritage of folk music and folk dance including the [[Long Sword dance]].<ref>{{cite book|first=C. J. |last=Sharp|title=Sword Dances of Northern England Together with the Horn Dance of Abbots Bromley |publisher=Kessinger Publishing|year= 2003}}</ref> Yorkshire folk song was distinguished by the use of dialect, particularly in the West Riding and exemplified by the song '[[On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at]]', probably written in the late 19th century, using a Kent folk tune (almost certainly borrowed via a [[Methodist]] [[hymnal]]),{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} seen as an unofficial Yorkshire anthem.<ref>{{cite book|first=A. |last=Kellett |title=On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at: the Story of the Song|publisher=Smith Settle|year= 1988}}</ref> Famous folk performers from the county include the [[Watersons]] from [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], who began recording Yorkshire versions of folk songs from 1965;<ref name="Nidel2005">{{cite book|first=R. |last=Nidel |title=World Music: The Basics|url=https://archive.org/details/worldmusic00rich_0 |url-access=registration |location= London|publisher= Routledge|year= 2005|page= [https://archive.org/details/worldmusic00rich_0/page/90 90]}}</ref> Heather Wood (born 1945) of the [[Young Tradition]]; the short-lived electric folk group [[Mr Fox]] (1970–72), [[the Deighton Family]]; [[Julie Matthews]]; [[Kathryn Roberts]]; and [[Kate Rusby]].<ref name="Nidel2005"/> Yorkshire has a flourishing folk music culture, with over forty [[folk clubs]] and thirty annual [[folk festival|folk music festivals]].<ref>{{cite web|work=Folk and Roots' |url=http://www.folkandroots.co.uk/Venues_Yorkshire.html |title=Yorkshire based Artists and Groups |access-date=15 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209201537/http://www.folkandroots.co.uk/Venues_Yorkshire.html |archive-date=9 February 2013 }}</ref> The 1982 [[Eurovision Song Contest 1982|Eurovision Song Contest]] was held in the [[Harrogate International Centre]]. In 2007 the Yorkshire Garland Group was formed to make Yorkshire folk songs accessible online and in schools.<ref>{{cite news|title=Folk songs of traditional Yorkshire to be celebrated on group's heritage website|work=Yorkshire Post|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/video/Folk-songs-of-traditional-Yorkshire.3166419.jp|date=1 September 2007|access-date=12 February 2009|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132926/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/video/Folk-songs-of-traditional-Yorkshire.3166419.jp|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the field of classical music, Yorkshire has produced some major and minor composers, including [[Frederick Delius]], [[George Dyson (composer)|George Dyson]], [[Philip Wilby]], [[Edward Bairstow]], William Baines, [[Kenneth Leighton]], [[Bernadette Farrell]], [[Eric Fenby]], [[Anne Quigley]], [[Haydn Wood]], [[Arthur Wood (composer)|Arthur Wood]], [[Arnold Cooke]], [[Gavin Bryars]], [[John Casken]], and in the area of TV, film and radio music, [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] and [[Wally Stott]]. [[Opera North]] is based at the [[Grand Theatre, Leeds]]. Leeds is also home to the [[Leeds International Piano Competition]]. The [[Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival]] takes place annually in November. [[Huddersfield Choral Society]] is one of the UK's most celebrated amateur choirs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yorkshireawards.org/winner/huddersfield-choral-society/ |title=Huddersfield Choral Society |publisher=Yorkshire Awards |access-date=2 January 2021 |archive-date=19 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419153642/https://yorkshireawards.org/winner/huddersfield-choral-society/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref> The [[National Centre for Early Music]] is located in York.

The county is home to successful brass bands such as [[Black Dyke Band|Black Dyke]], [[Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band|Brighouse & Rastrick]], [[Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band|Carlton Main Frickley]], [[Hammonds Saltaire Band|Hammonds Saltaire]], and [[Yorkshire Imperial Band|Yorkshire Imperial]].

[[File:Arctic Monkeys Orange RF07.jpg|thumb|left|[[Arctic Monkeys]] performing on Orange stage at Roskilde Festival in 2007]]
During the 1970s [[David Bowie]], himself of a father from [[Doncaster]] in the West Riding of Yorkshire,<ref>{{cite episode|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0670006/|title=Episode for 29 November 2003|series=[[Parkinson (TV series)|Parkinson]]|access-date=29 November 2003|archive-date=25 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325142233/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0670006/|url-status=live}}</ref> hired three musicians from [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]: [[Mick Ronson]], [[Trevor Bolder]] and [[Mick Woodmansey]]; together they recorded ''[[The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars|Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars]]'', an album considered by a magazine article as one of a 100 greatest and most influential of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201085911/http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 December 2006|magazine=Time|title=The All-TIME 100 Albums|access-date=25 October 2007|date=2 November 2006}}</ref> In the following decade, [[Def Leppard]], from [[Sheffield]], achieved worldwide fame, particularly in America. Their 1983 album ''[[Pyromania (album)|Pyromania]]'' and 1987 album ''[[Hysteria (Def Leppard album)|Hysteria]]'' sold  12 and 25 million copies respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DEF LEPPARD album sales |url=https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/3138 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=BestSellingAlbums.org |language=en-US}}</ref> Yorkshire had a very strong [[post-punk]] scene which went on to achieve widespread acclaim and success, including: [[the Sisters of Mercy]], [[the Cult]], [[Vardis]], [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]], [[ABC (band)|ABC]], [[the Human League]], [[New Model Army (band)|New Model Army]], [[Soft Cell]], [[Chumbawamba]], [[the Wedding Present]] and [[The Mission (band)|the Mission]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/music/raw_talent/gods/2004.shtml|publisher=BBC|title=Will the gods come from Leeds?|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-date=3 May 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050503232237/http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/music/raw_talent/gods/2004.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] from Sheffield had a massive hit in "[[Common People (song)|Common People]]" during 1995; the song focuses on working-class northern life.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/commonpeople.shtml|publisher=BBC|title=Common People|access-date=25 October 2007|archive-date=11 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911215356/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/commonpeople.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 21st century, [[indie rock]] and [[post-punk revival]] bands from the area gained popularity, including the [[Kaiser Chiefs]], [[the Cribs]] and the [[Arctic Monkeys]], the last-named holding the record for the fastest-selling debut album in British music history with ''[[Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not]]''.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[BBC News]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5315452.stm|title=Arctic Monkeys win Mercury Prize|access-date=25 October 2007|date=5 September 2006|archive-date=6 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906221402/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5315452.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Influenced by the local post punk scene, but also by national and international extreme metal acts such as [[Celtic Frost]], [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]], and [[Morbid Angel]], Yorkshire-based bands [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] and [[My Dying Bride]] laid the foundations of what would become the [[Gothic Metal]] genre in the early to mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://knotfest.com/grim-northern-misery-how-paradise-lost-and-my-dying-bride-took-british-gothic-metal-mainstream/|title=Grim Northern Misery: How Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride took British gothic metal mainstream|date=23 December 2020|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126190500/https://knotfest.com/grim-northern-misery-how-paradise-lost-and-my-dying-bride-took-british-gothic-metal-mainstream/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVgpY4awcys| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/VVgpY4awcys| archive-date=28 October 2021|title=OVER THE MADNESS (2007) – A DIRAN NOUBAR FILM| date=24 August 2018|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>