If anyone out there has either Finale or Sibelius, and are able to copy a couple of song tunes for the next issue of English Dance & Song, including the...
Derek If you haven't already got somebody, I could do that. I have Finale Let me know Pete ... From: "Derek Schofield" <derek@...> To:...
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Jul 20, 2006 8:42 am
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One of Fred Archer's books has this verse from Ashton-under-Hill: We, the Ashton ringers, approach at your door We can handle our bell(s) and ring you a score ...
Does anyone have a copy of the above-mentioned LP, which has Amy Birch singing 'The Molecatcher' on it? If so, do you want to sell it, or run me off a copy on...
As it has not been posted yet, Charlie Hill died on Monday this week, funeral this Friday. Marilyn Tucker...
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Jul 26, 2006 10:01 am
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Gwilym It's called Devon Tradition, and is from the Staverton Bridge collecting - so we have an archive copy here at Wren. Contact me off group to discuss a CD...
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Jul 26, 2006 10:27 am
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September in London: Life and Times in Irish Song Saturday 2nd September 2006 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road, London NW1 7AY ...
To reinforce Steve's point, according to Dove's "Church Bells of Britain" (the authority on the subject) Ashton-under-Hill has six bells, so some form of...
Very sad but he had not been well for some time. Another good one gone. I have lots of recordings of Charlie. I probably won't be able to go the funeral but...
Gwilym, It doesn't work like that. Bellringers in this country don't play tunes; they ring methods, which are permutated sequences of rung bells, such as "Bob...
Gwilym I meant to talk to you about this when we met on Thursday and forgot. It struck me that these ringers 'approach at your door' and 'handle our bells'....
I'm trying to get an idea of what have been the most popular traditional songs sung in the present revival (i.e. since the early 60s). The idea is to compare...
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Jul 29, 2006 10:18 am
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Peter, Yes, an excellent project but one that will need a lot of time. All I can suggest is that there are various people out there with extensive recordings ...
Hi, to TSF members of Roud Index group, David, Elaine, Steve, Andrew, and anyone else who wants to chip in; Mastertitles quandary. Which title to use? 'Bruton...
Dear Steve, Greetings from Birmingham, England! I do not know if this helps, and you probably know it already, but for what it is worth there is a fairly...
Lewis, Sorry to have to refute Lucy's findings but as far back as 1918, H M Belden put the Kybosh on any links between Hans Sachs and The Bridgwater Merchant. ...
Gwilym, Thanks for this. Whilst my own instinct is to go with the 'Brake of Briars' title as it is the most widely used title amongst oral sources, Rod has a...
Tom and Barbara Brown maintain lists of the songs sung at the successive annual "Song and Ale" celebrations. John Moulden [Non-text portions of this message...
Well the two from the Brazil family are both called that, but the Bristol version is "The Fields Of Hunting" which is a great title, if you really want to...
... printed ... or ... not ... Titles found in several different versions may, perhaps, give a better indication of the 'original' - particularly if they are...
Steve I suspect that this is but one of many similar dilemmas. My recommendation is, firstly, think what the purpose of master titles is - to direct as many...
I wonder if anyone can help with the attached. We know that it is widely used, as Judith suggests, as a demonstration of alliteration in teaching poetry and...
In a message dated 02/08/2006 08:39:40 GMT Daylight Time, jmoul81075@... writes: My small contribution to this - it is certainly fairly widely known, at ...
I'm having too many bites at this cherry but using Tewkesbury as the place name in google produces good information, many citing it as a tongue twister - but...
Hi, Not just alliteration but used as an example of a tongue twister.as well? Certainly "googling" for it results finds it in a number of databases of tongue...
In a message dated 02/08/2006 09:13:05 GMT Daylight Time, dave@... writes: Not just alliteration but used as an example of a tongue twister.as well?...
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