Anthony
You just can't believe everything you read, even on FARNE or in the
Clough mss! The attribution is definitely 'out there', and is, I
believe, a case of 'iconic attraction'. Tunes become posthumously
attached to the names of famous musicians who neither composed them,
nor claimed to have done so.
I was contracted to do some of the FARNE work and there were things I
declined to do because I didn't have the knowledge. You can fill in the
rest.
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Anthony Robb
<[1]anth...@robbpipes.com> wrote:
Hello Folks
I came across this on Farne, even if it's dodgy stuff it might
explain
the note in the Clough manuscript linking Morpeth Rant to Shield.
The
piece relates to a sound clip by John Armstrong of Carrick.
Title: Shield's Hornpipe
Also known as: Morpeth Rant, Morpeth's Hornpipe, Ivy Leaf
Hornpipe,
Jim Clarks' Hornpipe, Clark's Hornpipe
Performer: John Armstrong, Composer: Shield, William (b.1749
d.1829
Although John Armstrong is best remembered as a musician, but he
was
also well known as a stick dresser and huntsman. He worked two
large
farms in Elsdon, near to the Army firing range. The Armstrong
family
claims an unbroken tradition of Northumbrian piping going back at
least
four generations. The Clough family visited the Armstrong family
home
at Raylees just after the First World War. It was here that John
often
played duets with Tom Clough. He also played with Billy Pigg. John
owned a magnificent collection of pipe tunes, including original
manuscripts by James Hill, Tom Clough and Robert Whinham. He
provided
many tunes for the Charlton Memorial Tune Book. A series of
accidents
to his hands, resulting in a stiffening of his fingers, forced
John to
concentrate on the fiddle in later years. He is featured on the
Topic
Album 'Bonny North Tyne' (12TS239) and was known to many amongst
the
older Northumbrian musicians as Carrick, a name taken from his
dwelling
place and a useful device to differentiate him from the many other
John
Armstrongs who live along the borders.
As aye
Anthony
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