I recently found another great piece of work on the Internet. Greg Lindahl has put together a site dedicatedto Thomas Ravenscroft with facsimiles of Pammelia, Deuteromelia, Melismata and a great deal besides.Visit here and all will be revealed. A very useful reference for early music
Chris Coe has written to tell me more about her latest project based on traditional song, mentioned atthe November meeting“I’ve been given a Research and Development grant by Yorkshire Arts to develop “The Wife of Usher’sWell” into a visual piece of multi-media performance. I’ve already done most of the ballad research redifferent versions and their … Read more
Following the erection and unveiling in Leeds of the memorial plaque to commemorate Frank Kidson, VicGammon has sent the following picture and message. Dear Martin, Attached is a photo of the unveiling of the Kidson plaque.After the unveiling and addresses by myself and John Francmanis outside Kidson’s house the party retiredto a local community centre … Read more
As I write this Cecil Sharp mania is sweeping the country. Preparations for the Conference and the Festivalin Hambridge are now well in hand. Eddie has relaxed a few degrees now that his major event atSidmouth ‘Celebrating the South-West’ has been performed to his relief and to the obvious enjoyment ofthe participants and audience. The … Read more
The East Anglian Music Trust have published an excellent little collection of fourteen songs entitled ‘BlythVoices’. These songs were collected by Vaughan Williams in Southwold in 1910, most of them fromWilliam, Robert and Benjamin Hurr. The book is well produced with a number of excellent monochromephotographs and extensive notes on the singers as well as … Read more
Veteran have just released the long-awaited CD of Phil Tanner – ‘The Gower Nightingale’. A ‘Voice of the People’ style case allows room for a massive booklet of notes and the song texts as well as the little round piece of plastic that holds 16 songs as well as the wonderful radio programme about Tanner … Read more