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Subject: Re: [scots-l] Re: Whinham's Reel
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In article <003101c10549$3e85eb80$a6ae989e@edinfolk>, David Francis
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>Derek Hoy wrote :
>
>>The written setting sounds very Northumbrian-pipey, whereas our version's
>been
>>mangled by fiddle scratchers, aided by said guitar basher.
>
>>What dance do we use it for, Dave? I don't look up much at these things.
>
>Bella MacNab's (or Basher MacScrape's) uses the tune to round off a set for
>the dance 'My Love She's But a Lassie Yet'. The set consists of the
>original, 'Over the Hills and Far Away', 'Nancy Clough' (from the same
>source as Whinham's, the Topic album, 'Bonny North Tyne') and Whinham's.
>'Nancy Clough' is a set of 'My Love...' with lots of twiddly bits on the
>repeat, and was written for his wife by Tom Clough, who has contributed a
>few bits and pieces to the Northumbrian Pipers' Tune Book.
That's a bit dismissive of Tom Clough (1881-1964), who was one of the
most influential figures in 20th century Northumbrian Piping. The top
performer of his day, he also wrote a large number of
tunes/settings/variations, taught many pupils, and was involved in the
development of the modern multi-key chanter. Fortunately for us, many of
his manuscripts survived.
There's an excellent book containing all his music and detailed
historical notes published by the Northumbrian Pipers Society.
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Richard Evans
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