Andrew C. Rouse

English-born Dr. Andrew Clifford Rouse has been teaching British history and culture in Hungarian higher education for many years. He arrived in the country at the time of the revival in English folk and historic popular song, and has himself been performing ever since. He is known widely in Hungary for introducing Educational Drama into teacher training and English popular culture in education, as well as for his own music group, "Simply English". His studies in folklore follow the stories of the old English songs which he himself sings both as teacher and as performer. His 2005 publication follows the singer in The Remunerated Vernacular Singer: From Medieval England to the Post-War Revival. With David A. Hill he has co-authored "Traditional Folk Songs: 15 British and Irish songs to liven up your lesson", a multimedia package for teachers of English.