[NSP] KVR online

2011-06-29 Thread Julia Say
Kohler's Violin Repository, a hard to find but much used source of tunes for fiddlers in this area in the C19. It was sold in weekly or monthly instalments and then copies were passed from hand to hand. http://imslp.org/imglnks/usimg/d/db/IMSLP106889-PMLP217734- koehlersviolinrepository_1.pdf

[NSP] Re: KVR online

2011-06-29 Thread Reid Bishop
Links are nonfunctional. Pretty interested in them. Cheers Reid Sent from my iPhone On Jun 29, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Julia Say julia@nspipes.co.uk wrote: Kohler's Violin Repository, a hard to find but much used source of tunes for fiddlers in this area in the C19. It was sold in weekly or

[NSP] Re: [NPS-Discussion] KVR online

2011-06-29 Thread richard.hea...@tiscali.co.uk
Hi Julia, Thanks for these links - what a super find! The links do work if you just copy the entire link (not just the blue part) and paste it into the URL address box of your browser. Cheers, Richard Original Message From: julia@nspipes.co.uk Date: 29/06/2011 17:24 To:

[NSP] Re: KVR online

2011-06-29 Thread Julia Say
On 29 Jun 2011, Francis Wood wrote: The URLs are just fine. Copy and paste them into any browser. Thanks to Julia for providing this valuable information! No thanks to me, Francis, I just came across them. Sorry about the non- functionality, I copied pasted them and I'm on a text mailer if

[NSP] Re: KVR online

2011-06-29 Thread Francis Wood
On 29 Jun 2011, at 18:06, Julia Say wrote: I see the copy digitised was donated to NLS by Dorothea Ruggles-Brise - she of pulling Dixon out of the flames fame. Not famous enough for me to have heard of her . . . so what's the rest of this interesting story? Francis To get on or off

[NSP] Re: KVR online

2011-06-29 Thread Steve Bliven
For a brief summary of the story; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dixon_manuscript Best wishes. Steve On 6/29/11 2:00 PM, Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com wrote: On 29 Jun 2011, at 18:06, Julia Say wrote: I see the copy digitised was donated to NLS by Dorothea Ruggles-Brise -

[NSP] Re: KVR online

2011-06-29 Thread smallpipes
One of the more obvious limitiations of the mailing list format is the fixed line length. Some forums have the same problem. It would be useful if this information was posted on the NPS forum then it will remain available for future pipers Mike Quoting Julia Say julia@nspipes.co.uk:

[NSP] KVR

2011-06-29 Thread smallpipes
I have added the links to the forum and it does work better on that format. Mike AKA Sisyphus To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: KVR online

2011-06-29 Thread Julia Say
On 29 Jun 2011, Francis Wood wrote: I see the copy digitised was donated to NLS by Dorothea Ruggles-Brise - she of pulling Dixon out of the flames fame. Not famous enough for me to have heard of her . . . so what's the rest of this interesting story? Lady Dorothea was the daughter

[NSP] Re: [NPS-Discussion] KVR online

2011-06-29 Thread Reid Bishop
Ah got it. Stupid iPhone goofed the formatting. All is working. This is superb. Any suggestions for a yank like me where to focus efforts tunewise? Something like a standard top 20-40 Northumbrian fiddle tune or set list. Looking for something similar for pipes as well. Reid Sent from

[NSP] more interesting stuff on the same site as KVR

2011-06-29 Thread smallpipes
an interesting letter to the Duke of Northumberland http://www.archive.org/details/alettertodukeno00doubgoog I draw your attention to page 34 Mike To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[NSP] Re: more interesting stuff on the same site as KVR

2011-06-29 Thread Julia Say
On 29 Jun 2011, smallpi...@machineconcepts.co wrote: an interesting letter to the Duke of Northumberland http://www.archive.org/details/alettertodukeno00doubgoog Ah, yes. The letter that sparked the project that became the Northumbrian Minstrelsy. Julia To get on or off this list see

[NSP] Re: Ahh yes the Northumbrian Minstrelsy

2011-06-29 Thread Gibbons, John
For the tunes at least, a lot more interesting than NM - though it was important when it came out - is the source material for it, a lot of which is on FARNE. The Antiquaries society MS, Topliff's collection and of course Vickers and Atkinson, are all there, and were sources for NM. The

[NSP] Re: Ahh yes the Northumbrian Minstrelsy

2011-06-29 Thread Tim Rolls
On 29 Jun 2011, at 22:02, Gibbons, John wrote: For the tunes at least, a lot more interesting than NM - though it was important when it came out - is the source material for it, a lot of which is on FARNE. The link for which, and a few other things is on the links page of the NPS

[NSP] Tune of the Month June and July 2011

2011-06-29 Thread John Dally
Felton Lonnin was suggested as tune of the month for June. I forget who suggested it. I didn't make a video due to an extremely busy travel schedule over the last six weeks, but I hope to get something up on youtube by Thursday--tomorrow. If not then, then sometime soon, I hope.