A research network based at the University of Glasgow has created a beautiful website detailing the stories behind a wide range of songs from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales during the Georgian and early Victorian eras.
Do take a look at the Romantic National Song Network: Exploring the Songs of Britain 1750-1850 - you might find a few surprises about those well-loved national songs!
Showing posts with label stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stories. Show all posts
Friday, 13 December 2019
Sunday, 8 December 2013
Strathspey Players Past and Present, by William Honeyman
If you play the fiddle, take a look at this. It was written in 1922, practically a century ago. William Honeyman is all but forgotten now. He talks about Niel Gow and James Scott Skinner in an unashamedly anecdotal style. But the stories themselves might be worth sharing next time you're introducing a Gow strathspey at a gig.
Fifteen pages to 'favourite' (They're already in my Diigo bookmarks!):-
http://www.cyberstudia.com/ogmios/texts/honeyman/strathspey-players/strathspey-players.html
Honeyman wrote a Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor, too - we have it in the Whittaker Library. We blogged about it in the context of Newcastle fiddle reels, not so long ago. Read that blogpost here.
Fifteen pages to 'favourite' (They're already in my Diigo bookmarks!):-
http://www.cyberstudia.com/ogmios/texts/honeyman/strathspey-players/strathspey-players.html
Honeyman wrote a Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor, too - we have it in the Whittaker Library. We blogged about it in the context of Newcastle fiddle reels, not so long ago. Read that blogpost here.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Reminder: Tobar An Dualchais
Tobar An Dualchais
Kist o' Riches
In Tobar's own words, it contains,
"over 26,000 oral recordings made in Scotland and further afield, from the 1930s onwards. The items you can listen to include stories, songs, music, poetry and factual information."Tobar An Dualchais (Kist o Riches) also has a Gaelic website here.
The resource was tweeted today by Chris Holme @HistoryCompany:-
"What Alan Lomax(Chris Holme's History Company is effectively a consultancy - find out more here:- http://historycompany.co.uk/)@librarycongress@TobarDualchais and Pete Seeger helped build in Scotland: http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/"
Monday, 21 November 2011
Friday, 5 August 2011
Tobar an Dualchais
- 'This website contains thousands of oral recordings recorded in Scotland and further afield, from the 1930s onwards. The items you can listen to include stories, songs, music, poetry and factual information.'
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