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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Paul
Gretton [i...@gretton-willems.com]
Sent: 02 November 2010 10:25
To: 'Matt Seattle'
Cc: 'NSP group'
Subject: [NSP] Re: Tune hunt: OT but I hope interesting!
I haven't really been following this discussion but perhaps
I see why you prefer the 3-strain Reavely version as more
consistent,
but the Crawhall strain 4 is worth having - perhaps better if
tweaked to fit the others from Reavely.
I should have another look in that case, thanks.
I have been thinking about this, and Lord
Where have you been all the night? she describes as a Scotch
Tune.
It's tempting to think she's mis-remembered the line in Billy
Boy,
See the Note in the recently published NPS edition of Bewicks Pipe
Tunes, which has a tune of the title which is *not* Billy Boy
.. that's a cunning way of reminding me that while I still have your
original yellow Bewick book, I ought to buy the new one too, Matt :-)
I will order one anyway, but do you mean by this you think it's not Lord
Randall either? (Sorry, being thick here - it'll probably be clearer
once I own
I've no idea whether it's got anything to do with Lord Randal.
I was made aware, from my reading, of the idea that 'Billy Boy' and
'Lord Randal' are sort-of counterparts to each other, humorous and
tragic, and both have relatively old antecedents.
The Note in Bewick merely hints
On 1 Nov 2010, at 12:19, Gibbons, John wrote:
I should get the new edition too...
You should. And so should everyone else. Absolutely excellent!
Francis
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On 31 Oct 2010, at 16:13, Richard York wrote:
Henry Mayhew in the 1850's interviewed Old Sarah a blind Londonstreet
hurdy gurdy player who was taught in the very early years of the 1800's
to play what she called the cymbal.
Hurdy gurdy has been used variously in the past to describe a
It's difficult to know.
I don't want to hijack too much time from the pipes here, and am asking
the hurdy gurdy group to share any views on this.
There are arguments for and against both dulcimer gurdy as we know
it, in the text.
Thanks for the help, though!
Best wishes,
