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Music

2009-06-08T11:24:33Z

Geoff woolfe:

''Category Editor Paul Burgess''

Music is an integral part of singing and dancing and often an accompaniment to other activities like processions and ceremonials.

Singers and Dancers are just as much musicians as people who play instruments.

Folk tunes are very often divorced from their original setting and played for another purpose or just for the joy of it. Thus a song tune can become a dance tune or a concert piece.

Sometimes a good tune inspires the addition of words to make it a song.

All of these things happen.

Here we can pool information about where tunes came from, when, what they were used for, possibly who published them, how they travelled and where they are to be found now.

==Tunes==

Such a small word - such a big subject! Let's start with a [[Tune Index]]

Before putting tunes into the system please read the [[Policy for tune pages]]

==Traditional Players==

===[[English Traditional Players]]===

The definition of ''English'' can be loosely applied. Some players were born of English parents and lived in England all their lives playing whatever music came their way in a style that could be described as 'English'.

Other players were born in England but their parents were Irish or Welsh, etc.

Other players were born elsewhere but learned and played in the midst of an English culture.

Yet others were born in England or elsewhere and played music from another tradition or style in an English venue.

It doesn't really matter that much. This section is just to narrow the search.

[[English Traditional Players]]

===[[Scottish Traditional Players]]===

===[[Irish Traditional Players]]===

===[[American Traditional Players]]===

===[[Australian Traditional Players]]===

The major part of the work in documenting Australia's traditional players was done by the late [[John Meredith]] in association with a number of other researchers.

[[Australian Traditional Players|Here is a list]] of the known performers.

See also the National Library of Australia [http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/picturescatalogue pictures catalogue] for John Meredith's collection of pictures of traditional players. (Search on ''John Meredith'' and ''Creator'').

===[[French Canadian Traditional Players]]===

==Instruments==

* [[Fiddle]]

* [[Viola]]

* [[Cello]]

* [[Double Bass]]

* [[Bagpipes]]

* [[Melodeon]]

* [[Pipe and Tabor|Pipe & Tabor]]

* [[Piano Accordion]]

* [[Button Accordion]]

* [[Concertina]]

* [[Harmonica]]

* [[Flute]]

* [[Piano]]

* [[Jaw Harp]]

==Resources==

===Recordings===

* [[Firebird Records]]

* [[Musical Traditions Records]]

* [[Leader Records]]

===Books===

''available''

* 'John of the Green - The Cheshire Way' ''The famous triple-time hornpipes of North West England'' - John Offord - Green Man Music 2008 [http://www.johnofthegreen.co.uk]
* 'Three Extraordinary Collections' - early 18th-century collections by Thomas Marsden, David Wright and John Walsh, ed. Pete Stewart - Hornpipe Music, 2007
* 'Hardcore English' - Tunes for the internet age, Barry Callaghan - EFDSS Publications (2007) [http://folkshop.efdss.org/publications/index.htm]
* 'The Coleford Jig' Traditional Tunes From Gloucestershire - Charles Menteith/Paul Burgess - 2nd edition (2007)
* 'The Clough Family of Newsham' ''200 Years of Northumbrian Piping'' - C. Ormston & J. Say - Northumbrian Pipers Society, 2000
* 'Joshua Jackson' ''Tunes, Songs & Dances from the 1798 Manuscript of'' [[Yorkshire]] Bowen & Shepherd - Yorkshire Dales Workshop (1998)
* 'The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript' ''Lincolnshire Collections Volume 1'' Edited and transcribed by Peter D. Sumner - Breakfast Publications, 1997
* 'The Fiddler of Helperby' ''The Life & Music of a Yorkshire fiddler'' [[Yorkshire]] James Merryweather & Matt Seattle (1994)
* 'The Border Bagpipe Book' Music for Lowland Pipes, Northumbrian Half-Long Pipes & Scottish Small Pipes - Ed. Matt Seattle - Dragonfly Music (1993)
* 'The Ironbridge Hornpipe', A [[Shropshire]] Tune Collection from John Moore's Manuscripts - Gordon Ashman - Dragonfly Music (1991)
* 'Northern Frisk' A Treasury of Tunes from [[North West]] England - Jamie Knowles/Pat Knowles/Ian McGrady - Dragonfly Music (1988)
* 'One Thousand English Country Dance Tunes' - Edited and published by Michael Raven - 1984
* 'The Great Northern Tune Book' ''William Vickers collection of country dance music'' - Matt Seattle - EFDSS/Northumbrian Pipers Society [http://folkshop.efdss.org/publications/musicnotation/index.htm] (2008)
* 'William Winter's Quantocks Tune Book' - Edited by Geoff Woolfe (2007) Halsway Manor Society
www.--[[User:Geoff woolfe|Geoff woolfe]] 12:24, 8 June 2009 (BST)halswaymanor.org.uk

===Manuscripts===

Many musicians over the centuries have written down their repertoire in music books and some of the old ones have survived into the 21st century. The oldest one so far identified was written down by Henry Atkinson of Morpeth Northumberland and is dated on one page - 1694.

Some good work has been done in transcribing these books and making them available as paper published tunebooks or as [[abc code]] collections on the internet.

[[Manuscripts by County]]

[[Tune Manuscripts List]]

===Historical Publications===

Tunes and dances are bound together and when Walsh and Simpson, et al published the dances the tunes came attached. Mostly, modern musicians raid the tunes and skip over the dances. You should [[Dance Publishers|follow the dances]] to find the tunes.

===Online Tunes===

* The Village Music Project 
A study of English social musicians from the 17th Century onwards from their manuscripts.
Contains information about fiddle manuscripts, plus many of their contents transcribed into abc format. 
http://www.village-music-project.org.uk/

* The Farne Project 
A selection of texts, pictures and recordings of Northumbrian Traditional Music, including a number of traditional tune resources. There are scans of one of the oldest tune manuscripts in England written down by Henry Atkinson in 1694. There are recordings by a variety of musicians including [[Willy Taylor]], [[Joe Hutton]] and [[Will Atkinson]].

 
[http://www.asaplive.com/FARNE/Home.cfm The Farne Project]



* '''John Chamber's Tune Finder'''

This excellent resource trawls the web for tunes in abc format and allows the user to retrieve the results in a variety of ways. You just need to know something about your target tune to narrow the search.

[http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind Find tunes]

Tune Manuscripts List

2009-06-08T11:19:57Z

Geoff woolfe:

[http://www.example.com link title]This list is based on the one in the '''Hardcore English''' tune book published by the [[EFDSS]]. It represented, in April 2007, the majority of the manuscripts that were known to the English tune playing community, but we hope to see more lines added. Feel free to add information, links, etc.

* ALEXANDER,James MS 1730 New York USA New York Historical Soc. x
* ANDREW,William MS, late19thC Sheepstor,Devon Sabine BaringGould coll. Plymouth City Lib. VMP, part published by Wren Trust
* ASTON-ON-CARRANT MS Aston-on Carrant,Glos. identical with Berkely,Rowland MS x
* ATKINSON,Henry MS, 1694 Morpeth,Northumberland Newcastle Society of Antiquarians VMP & Farne
* AYLMORE,William MS, 1796 W.Wittering,Sussex Lib.Sussex Archeo.Soc, Lewes part published in 'SussexTB'
* [[BARNES,Joseph MS]], 1762 Carlisle,Cumbria Cumbria R.O, Carlisle VMP
* BATY,John MS, 1840-60 Bethel, Northumberland Chantry Bagpipe Museum, Morpeth Farne
* BENNET,Thomas MS, 1718 unknown place of origin VWML, QM 7404 VMP
* BERKELEY,Rowland MS, 1770 Aston-on-Carrant,Glos Private Coll, Glos. published in 'Coleford Jig'
* BEST,Miss MS, c1850 unknown place of origin VWML x
* BETHAM,Matthew MS, 1838 Newby Head,Cumbria VWML, QM P7415or9721? x
* BIGGINS,James MS, 1779 Leeds,W.Yorks. Leeds Central Library, Yorks VMP
* BROWN,William MS, 1797 Romford,Essex USA Sutro Lib.,San Francisco x
* BROWNE Family MSs, various dates Troutbeck,Cumbria ArmittLib, Ambleside, Cumbria VMP
* BURNETT,Joshua MS, early19thC Worsborough,S.Yorks D.Malkin.Private Coll? part published in 'South Riding TB'
* CALVERT,William MS, 1812 Leyburn,N.Yorks. Lynn Wood private coll. VMP
* CANFIELD MS, 1823 Hartford, Connecticut USA Hartford Library? x
* CARLISLE MS, 1810 Carlisle,Cumbria VWML, QM9732,part of VMP
* CARTER, John MS, 1792 unknown place of origin Brit.Lib, GM.MS A.22 x
* CLARE,John MS, c1820 Helpstone,Northants Northampton R.O. VMP, & publ. in 'John Clare & the Folk Tradition'
* CLARKE(L),William MS, 1770 Lincoln Lincoln R.O. VMP
* CLARKE(F),William MS, 1858 Feltwell,Norfolk Lyn Law private coll. VMP
* CLOUGH,Tom MSS various dates Northumberland Clough Family private coll. Farne
* COCKS,W.Collection various dates Northumberland Chantry Bagpipe Museum, Morpeth Farne
* COOKE,Benjamin MS, c1770 Leeds,W.Yorks [[Frank Kidson|Kidson]] coll, Mitchell Lib, Glasgow VMP
* CRAWHALL,Joseph MS, 1872 Northumberland Beamish Museum Farne
* DAVOLL,FW MS, 19thC perhaps Staffordshire? Chris Beaumont private coll. published in 'Coleford Jig'
* DOEY,Jean MS, early1thC unknown place of origin VWML, QM9733,part of. x
* FIFE,John MS, c1780 Perth, Scotland Nat.Lib. of Canada x
* FORSTER, A.MS, Wallridge Fell, Northumberland Beamish Museum
* FOX,Charles James MS, 1830 Beverley,E.Yorks [[Frank Kidson|Kidson]] coll, Mitchell Lib, Glasgow VMP
* GIBBONS,Joshua MS, 1820 Market Rasen,Lincs Lincoln R.O. published as 'Lincolnshire Colls,vol1'
* GILES,William Henry MS, 1830 Bampton,Glos VWML x
* GREEN,William Thomas MS, 1851 Northumberland W.Cocks Coll, Chantry, Morpeth Farne
* GREET MS, early19thC Winchcombe,Glos. Peter Hill private coll. published in 'Coleford Jig'
* HALL,John MS, 1833 Northumberland Graham Wells private coll. Farne
* HAMMERSLEY,Thos. MS, 1790 London Brit.Lib. ADD.29371 x
* HARDY,Thos. MS, early19thC Dorset Lock-Hardy papers, Dorsetshire Mus, Dorset part published in 'The Musical Heritage of..'
* HARRISON & WALL MS, c1770 Ashover,Derbyshire Derby Public Library VMP
* [[HARRISON,Rev. Robt. MS]], 1820 Brampton,Cumbria Private Coll. VMP
* HASLINGDEN,James MS, 1827 Midlands or South VWML, QM9728 x
* HIGGOTT,Wm MS, c1800 Cumbria? VWML, QM4606 x
* HUDDESWELL,G MS Leeds,W.Yorks identical with Kidson,F (Hornpipes) x
* IRWIN,Willam MS, 1838 Langdale,Cumbria VWML, QM9732,part of VMP
* JACKSON,HSJ.MS, 1823 Wyresdale,Lancashire Winder Family private coll. VMP
* JACKSON,Joshua MS, 1798 nr.Harrogate,N.Yorks Jackson Family private coll. part publ. in 'Tunes,Songs & Dances From..'
* KERSHAW,Joseph MS, 1820 Oldham,E.Lancs VWML published as 'The Joseph Kershaw MS'
* KIDSON,F MS(Hornpipes), c1900 Leeds,W.Yorks [[Frank Kidson|Kidson]] VWML, QM9723,part of published by Ashton & Dyson
* LAMBERT,Thomas MS, c1860 Ferrybridge,Yorks. VWML, QM9733,part of. x
* LEADLEY,Laurence MSS, early19thC Thirsk,N.Yorks Leadley Family private coll. part published in 'The Fiddler of Helperby'
* LIDDELL, Christopher (Kit) MS, 19thC Private coll
* LISTER,William Hall MS, mid19thC East Boldon,nr Newcastle Lockey Coll, Beamish Museum Farne
* MALECOT, George MS, 1776 Whitehaven,Cumbria USA New Hampshire Uni, Ralph Page Coll. x
* MILLER,John MS, 1799 Perth,Scotland Bell Library, Perth VMP
* MITTELL,Wm MS, 1799 New Romney,Kent Dransfield private coll. (lost, copy in VWML) VMP, part publ. in 'William Mittell His Book'
* MOORE(T),John MS, 1841 Tyneside Paul Burgess private coll. VMP
* MOORE(S),John MS, 1820 Ironbridge,Shropshire VWML, acc.4494 published as 'The Ironbridge Hornpipe'
* MS 21(Jean Doey) see Jean Doey VWML x
* MS 23(H.Weddell) see Henry Weddell VWML x
* MS 28(Anon,c1755) unknown place of origin VWML, QM9722, French & Scottish Airs x
* MS 34(Wolsnoume) see Wolsnoume VWML, QM9733, part of x
* MS 36 unknown place of origin VWML x
* MS 42(T.Lambert) see Lambert VWML x
* MS 9725 ANON, c1850 unknown place of origin VWML, QM9725 x
* NEAL,John 1732 Dublin published colls. uncertain whereabouts x
* NICHOL,John MS, 1840-1900 Northumberland Chantry Bagpipe Museum, Morpeth Farne
* NUTTALL,James MS, 1830 Rossendale,E.Lancs Rossendale Museum, E.Lancs. VMP
* OLDFIELD,Isaac MS, 1820 Belper,Derbs. Neil Wayne,Ho. Mitchell private colls. x
* OWEN,Rodert Dale MS, 1826 New Lanark,Scotland USA Uni.of Illinois, New Harmony MSS VMP
* PYLE,Richard MS, 1822 Nether Wallop,Hants. Hampshire R.O, Winchester, 210M87/1 part published in 'Hampshire Dance Tunes'
* RUSSELL,Edward MS, 1812 Monmouth,Wales Nat. Army Museum, Cat 6207 x
* SENHOUSE MSS coll. various dates Maryport,Cumbria Senhouse Fam. Papers, Cumbria R.O. x
* SHOOSMITH,Thomas MS, early19thC Arlington,Sussex Lib.Sussex Archeo.Soc, Lewes part published in 'SussexTB'
* SPENCER,George MS, 1831 Leeds,W.Yorks Kidson coll, Mitchell Lib, Glasgow VMP
* [[STABLES,Henry MS, 1881]] Walthwaite,Cumbria VWML VMP
* STAFFS,Anon. MS, 1820 Staffordshire Whereabouts unknown VMP
* SURTEES,CJ MS, 1819 Northumberland W.Cocks Coll, Chantry, Morpeth Farne
* TILL,George MS, 1866 Stone,Glos. Gloucester R.O. published in 'Coleford Jig'
* TILLER MS unknown place of origin MS not traced at time of printing x
* TOPLIFF, 1815 Northumberland Darlington Public Library Farne
* TURNER,Michael, 1842-52 Warnham,Sussex West Sussex R.O, Chichester part published in 'SussexTB'
* TYLDESLEY,William MS, c1860 Swinton,Lancs. Swinton Pub.Lib, Lancashire. VMP
* VICKERS,William MS, 1770 Northumberland Newcastle Soc. of Antiquarians Farne, pub. in 'The Great Northern Tune Book'
* VOICE,Wm MS, early19thC Handcross,Sussex Lib.Sussex Archeo.Soc, Lewes part published in 'SussexTB'
* WATSON,George Henry MS, 1850-80 Swanton Abbott,Norfolk Gearge Frampton private coll. VMP
* WATTS,Thomas MS, late18thC Peak Forest,Derbyshire Jenny Coxon private coll. x
* WEDDEL,Henry MS, late18thC unknown place of origin VWML, QM9733, part of x
* WELCH Family MSs, 1800+ Bosham,Sussex Lib.Sussex Archeo.Soc, Lewes part published in 'SussexTB'
* West Midlands MS,Anon, mid19thC W.Midlands P.Davenport private coll. part published in 'South Riding TB'
* WHINHAM,Robert MS, c1860 Morpeth,Northumberland various sources published in 'Remember Me'
* WILLIAMSON,Elisabeth MS, 1790 unknown place of origin VWML, QM11749 x
* WINDER,James MS, 1835 Wyresdale,Lancs. Winder Family private coll. VMP
* WINDER,John MS, 1789 Wyresdale,Lancs Winder Family private coll. VMP
* [[Ann Winnington Ms|WINNINGTON,Ann MS]], c1815 UK+New York,USA Lynn Wood private coll. VMP
* WINSHIP,Lionel, MS, 1833 Wark,Northumberland Beamish Museum Farne
* WINTER,J MS, 1833 Stanton,Glos. Morris Ring? x
* WINTER,William MS. 19thC West Bagborough,Somerset Margaret Grant Lib., Halsway Manor xwww.halswaymanor.org.uk--[[User:Geoff woolfe|Geoff woolfe]] 12:19, 8 June 2009 (BST)
* WOLSNOUME MS, c1798 Lancashire VWML, QM9733, part of. x
* YOUNG,David MS, 1734 Creiff,Perthshire,Scotland Bodleian Library x

Ray Andrews

2009-06-04T16:18:03Z

Geoff woolfe:

'''Ray Andrews:''' was born on 7th January 1922, an only child of David and Ellen.  They lived in central Bristol, in an area which is now known as the location of the City’s registry office in the Broadmead shopping centre.

From an early age Ray heard music, since his father played tenor and G banjo, mandolin, concertina, mouth organ, fiddle and phono fiddle.  Ray first learned to play the banjo with his father.  His mother was not known as a musician, but cousins on his mother’s side were singers or musicians.

When he left school at the age of 14 he became an apprentice fitter-welder, before signing up with the RAF and saw service in North Africa and Italy.  On his return, he spent his working life fitting pipes and welding metal, often installing industrial boilers and commercial heating, his work taking him to factories and large buildings across the Bristol area.

During the 1920s, dozens of banjo, guitar and mandolin clubs existed across England.  The Bristol BMG club was formed in early 1928, and one of its first members was Harold Sharp, who had played banjo since the early 1900s, and who became Ray’s first ‘proper’ banjo teacher.  Ray played with his father at a BMG meeting in the autumn of 1928, when he would have been barely six years old!  Having learnt by ear from his father, he ‘had to start all over again’ with Harold Sharp.  This was Ray’s introduction to the world of the classic finger style banjo, learning from standard musical notation.

He played for much of his life in working men’s clubs, pubs, family occasions and community events.  His repertoire reflected the context in which he played.  He played in theatres in the last days of ‘variety’, singalongs in pubs, folk clubs, festivals, with the Bristol BMG Orchestra, concert parties, and for dance bands.  Ray had a physically demanding working life as a fitter-welder; and often after a full day, starting early in the morning, he would go straight out to play until last orders had been called.

The label ‘traditional’ musician does not fit easily with him, perhaps because he learnt his classic banjo music from notation.  He learnt most of his other repertoire by ear, however, especially old music hall and ‘community’ songs of the early 20th century.  Unlike some other classic banjo players, he did not appear to need the notation in performance.  Much of his popular repertoire is of the kind often easily dismissed by those of us weaned on ‘folk revival’ and/or rock music.  But it could be argued that Ray’s music was more ‘connected’ to the local community than much of the folk club movement.

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Dear Readers; most of this information on Ray appears to come from the booklet tothe 'Classic English Banjo' CD issued by Musical Traditions, MTCD 314 , which I researched and wrote! If other comments here came from Musical Traditions editor, Rod Stradling ( who produced the CD), I have no problem with that! However,it would be appreciated if my work between 1999 and 2000 were acknowledged - as well as the help and information given by Ray's family and fellow musicians ( all referred to in the booklet)
Geoff Woolfe 4th June 2009

Ray Andrews

2009-06-04T16:17:20Z

Geoff woolfe:

Manuscripts by County

2009-05-12T21:37:35Z

Geoff woolfe: /* South West */

==North West==

===Cumbria===

[[William Irwin Ms]]

[[James Lishman Ms]] ([[Browne Family Ms|The Browne Family]]).

[[Henry Stables]]

===Lancashire===

[[H S J Jackson Ms]] Wyresdale

[[Joseph Kershaw Ms]] Oldham

[[James Nuttall Ms]] Watter

[[William Tildsley Ms]] Salford

[[John Winder Ms]] Wyresdale

[[James Winder Ms]] Wyresdale

==North East==

===Northumberland===

[[Henry Atkinson Ms]] Morpeth

[[John Moore of Tyneside Ms]]

[[William Vickers Ms]]

===Yorkshire===

[[Joshua Jackson Ms]]

[[Lawrence Leadley Ms]]

[[George Spencer Ms]]

==East Midlands==

===Derbyshire===

[[James Oldfield Ms]]

[[Thomas Reeve Ms]]

===Lincolnshire===

[[William Clark Ms]]

[[Eliza Tennyson Ms]]

[[Winterton Church Ms]]

[[Joshua Gibbons Ms]]

[[Thomas Sand Ms]]

==South Midlands==

===Northamptonshire===

[[John Clare Ms]]

===Bedfordshire===

===Buckinghamshire===

===[[Oxfordshire]]===

===[[Berkshire]]===

==South West==

===Gloucestershire===

[[Roland Berkeley Ms]]

[[F. Davoll Ms]]

[[George Till Ms]]

Somerset

William Winter Ms
Eliza Hancock Ms

Manuscripts by County

2009-05-12T21:36:14Z

Geoff woolfe: /* South West */