Cecilia Costello - Revision history

Andyturner at 11:09, 18 September 2010

2010-09-18T11:09:47Z

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	''"Mrs. Costello was bom in 1883, the daughter of Irish parents living in England, and spent most of her life in Birmingham. She came to the notice of folk-song scholars in 1951 during the BBC programme of recording traditional music of the British Isles. Marie Slocombe and Patrick Shuldham-Shaw recorded her, later presenting transcriptions of seven of her songs, with a brief commentary, in the December 1953 number of the Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Her repertory was there described, ambiguously, by Miss Slocombe as comprising "thirteen songs and fragments"; Later visits by Charles Parker, Pam Bishop, Jon Raven and not least Roy Palmer produced further material, amounting to a repertoire of seventeen songs."''		''"Mrs. Costello was bom in 1883, the daughter of Irish parents living in England, and spent most of her life in Birmingham. She came to the notice of folk-song scholars in 1951 during the BBC programme of recording traditional music of the British Isles. [[Marie Slocombe]] and [[Pat Shaw\|Patrick Shuldham-Shaw]] recorded her, later presenting transcriptions of seven of her songs, with a brief commentary, in the December 1953 number of the [[Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society]]. Her repertory was there described, ambiguously, by Miss Slocombe as comprising "thirteen songs and fragments"; Later visits by [[Charles Parker]], [[Pam Bishop]], [[Jon Raven]] and not least [[Roy Palmer]] produced further material, amounting to a repertoire of seventeen songs."''

	Extracted from a short article in [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/ The Folk Mag]. See [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/costello.htm full article]		Extracted from a short article in [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/ The Folk Mag]. See [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/costello.htm full article]

Andyturner: added list of songs etc.

2010-09-18T11:03:44Z

added list of songs etc.

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-''Mrs. Costello was bom in 1883, the daughter of Irish parents living in England, and spent most of her life in Birmingham. She came to the notice of folk-song scholars in 1951 during the BBC programme of recording traditional music of the British Isles. Marie Slocombe and Patrick Shuldham-Shaw recorded her, later presenting transcriptions of seven of her songs, with a brief commentary, in the December 1953 number of the Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Her repertory was there described, ambiguously, by Miss Slocombe as comprising "thirteen songs and fragments"; Later visits by Charles Parker, Pam Bishop, Jon Raven and not least Roy Palmer produced further material, amounting to a repertoire of seventeen songs.''
+'''Cecilia Costello''' (nee Kelly), singer of Irish descent who lived most of her life in [[Birmingham]]. Born October 24th 1884, died April 1976 aged 91.
 Extracted from a short article in [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/ The Folk Mag]. See [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/costello.htm full article]
 Patrick, grandson of Mrs Costello and member of Bromsgrove Folk Club, has set up a [http://www.freewebs.com/ceciliacostello/  web memoir of his grandmother] including some family photographs.
 [[Category:Singer]]
 [[Category:West Midlands County]]

Pam Bishop: added a link to a web memoir

2008-11-30T00:02:18Z

added a link to a web memoir

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	''Mrs. Costello was bom in 1883, the daughter of Irish parents living in England, and spent most of her life in Birmingham. She came to the notice of folk-song scholars in 1951 during the BBC programme of recording traditional music of the British Isles. Marie Slocombe and Patrick Shuldham-Shaw recorded her, later presenting transcriptions of seven of her songs, with a brief commentary, in the December 1953 number of the Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Her repertory was there described, ambiguously, by Miss Slocombe as comprising "thirteen songs and fragments"; Later visits by Charles Parker, Pam Bishop, Jon Raven and not least Roy Palmer produced further material, amounting to a repertoire of seventeen songs.''		''Mrs. Costello was bom in 1883, the daughter of Irish parents living in England, and spent most of her life in Birmingham. She came to the notice of folk-song scholars in 1951 during the BBC programme of recording traditional music of the British Isles. Marie Slocombe and Patrick Shuldham-Shaw recorded her, later presenting transcriptions of seven of her songs, with a brief commentary, in the December 1953 number of the Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Her repertory was there described, ambiguously, by Miss Slocombe as comprising "thirteen songs and fragments"; Later visits by Charles Parker, Pam Bishop, Jon Raven and not least Roy Palmer produced further material, amounting to a repertoire of seventeen songs.''

	Extracted from a short article in [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/ The Folk Mag]. See [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/costello.htm full article]		Extracted from a short article in [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/ The Folk Mag]. See [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/costello.htm full article]

			Patrick, grandson of Mrs Costello and member of Bromsgrove Folk Club, has set up a [http://www.freewebs.com/ceciliacostello/ web memoir of his grandmother] including some family photographs.

	[[Category:Singer]]		[[Category:Singer]]
	[[Category:West Midlands County]]		[[Category:West Midlands County]]

JohnnyAdams at 23:32, 17 October 2008

2008-10-17T23:32:49Z

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	Extracted from a short article in [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/ The Folk Mag]. See [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/costello.htm full article]		Extracted from a short article in [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/ The Folk Mag]. See [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/costello.htm full article]


			[[Category:Singer]]
			[[Category:West Midlands County]]

JohnnyAdams: Added stub page on Cecilia Costello

2007-11-19T19:21:53Z

Added stub page on Cecilia Costello

New page

''Mrs. Costello was bom in 1883, the daughter of Irish parents living in England, and spent most of her life in Birmingham. She came to the notice of folk-song scholars in 1951 during the BBC programme of recording traditional music of the British Isles. Marie Slocombe and Patrick Shuldham-Shaw recorded her, later presenting transcriptions of seven of her songs, with a brief commentary, in the December 1953 number of the Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Her repertory was there described, ambiguously, by Miss Slocombe as comprising "thirteen songs and fragments"; Later visits by Charles Parker, Pam Bishop, Jon Raven and not least Roy Palmer produced further material, amounting to a repertoire of seventeen songs.''

Extracted from a short article in [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/ The Folk Mag]. See [http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/costello.htm full article]