[NSP] Re: on keilder side
Thanks John, for the correction -- I had assumed and was wrong - sorry Kevin ! Dave S On 7/16/2011 12:00 AM, Gibbons, John wrote: Kevin, Tom Anderson, who wrote it, explained in an interview in 1970, printed in his book ''Ringing Strings'' ''I was coming out of Eshaness in late January 1969,the time was after 11pm and as I looked back at the top of the hill leading out of the district I saw so few lights compared to what I had remembered when I was young. As I watched, the lights started going out one by one. That, coupled with the recent death of my late wife, made me think of the old word 'Slockit' meaning, a light that has gone out, and I think that was what inspired the tune.'' John From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of Dave S [david...@pt.lu] Sent: 15 July 2011 22:27 To: Kevin Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: on keilder side Hi, It's probably a lighthouse on a promontary called Da Slockit in the Shetland Islands -- super tune on NSP. Tom Anderson wrote some superb melodies for violin --- and the Kielder is a village and a river Dave S On 7/15/2011 10:43 PM, Kevin wrote: Hello to All, i have just had a question from my Swedish friend who is asking the meaning of a tune: On one of Kathryn Tickells earliest recordings on kielder side theres a happy tune called da slockit light do you know the tune? which i can only guess means the turned of light?. What does it really mean? And what is on kielder side? Is it a river perhaps. Thanks. Mikael. can anyone enlighten him on the title of the tune? kevin To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1516/3766 - Release Date: 07/15/11 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1516/3766 - Release Date: 07/15/11
[NSP] Re: on keilder side
Den 16-07-2011 00:00, Gibbons, John skrev: Kevin, Tom Anderson, who wrote it, explained in an interview in 1970, printed in his bo ok ''Ringing Strings'' cut... made me think of the old word 'Slockit' meaning, a light that has gone o ut, and I think that was what inspired the tune. Just a little scrap of information: The word slockit is in fact just a different way of spelling the Danish /Scandinavian word slukket meaning extinguished or turned off. This is a quite normal word that we use every day. The facinating thing is that the old Danish Tounge has lived on in the Shetlands and Orkneys since viking age, and that the traditional music in the islands and in eastern scotland and Northumbria shows a resemblance with traditional music from the west coast area of Jutland in Denmark that is absent in eastern Denmark. Bo Albrechtsen Denmark -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: on keilder side
Many thanks to all who replied, it is great, i have passed the info on to my Swedish friend, and also it was interesting for me as i had visited the Shetlands before, so it was nice to identify the tune with that Island. many thanks kevin --- On Fri, 15/7/11, Kevin tilb...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kevin tilb...@yahoo.com Subject: [NSP] on keilder side To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Friday, 15 July, 2011, 21:43 Hello to All, i have just had a question from my Swedish friend who is asking the meaning of a tune: On one of Kathryn Tickells earliest recordings on kielder side theres a happy tune called da slockit light do you know the tune? which i can only guess means the turned of light?. What does it really mean? And what is on kielder side? Is it a river perhaps. Thanks. Mikael. can anyone enlighten him on the title of the tune? kevin To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: on keilder side
Hi, It's probably a lighthouse on a promontary called Da Slockit in the Shetland Islands -- super tune on NSP. Tom Anderson wrote some superb melodies for violin --- and the Kielder is a village and a river Dave S On 7/15/2011 10:43 PM, Kevin wrote: Hello to All, i have just had a question from my Swedish friend who is asking the meaning of a tune: On one of Kathryn Tickells earliest recordings on kielder side theres a happy tune called da slockit light do you know the tune? which i can only guess means the turned of light?. What does it really mean? And what is on kielder side? Is it a river perhaps. Thanks. Mikael. can anyone enlighten him on the title of the tune? kevin To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1516/3766 - Release Date: 07/15/11
[NSP] Re: on keilder side
Da Slockit Light. This is a Shetland tune written by Tom Anderson, who was a towering figure in Shetland fiddling. I understand that it was written following the death of his wife when he felt that the way of life he was familiar with was vanishing. I know little of Shetland, but when I visited the Western Isles I was astonished to see how scattered the cottages were. In English villages, the cottages are generally huddled together and the farming was carried on elsewhere whereas in the Hebrides a village was a sprinkling of cottages over several hillsides. Tom felt that there weren't as many pinpoints of lights showing on the hillside, indicating that the cottages and crofts were being abandoned and the old ways were vanishing. At the time he wrote the tune the area did have an electric supply and I understand that the Shetlanders would say 'Slockit Da Light' for turn off the light. However, the term slockit also, apparently refers to the action of snuffing a candle by licking the forefinger and thumb and pinching the wick. So the title also refers to outside, mainland, influences killing the life of the islands. This is the sum of what I have been told. It is part of the myths which surround tunes. It may be true or it may be false but it's a damn good story and we shouldn't let the facts get in the way of a good story. Does this help? Barry To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: on keilder side
Kevin, Tom Anderson, who wrote it, explained in an interview in 1970, printed in his book ''Ringing Strings'' ''I was coming out of Eshaness in late January 1969,the time was after 11pm and as I looked back at the top of the hill leading out of the district I saw so few lights compared to what I had remembered when I was young. As I watched, the lights started going out one by one. That, coupled with the recent death of my late wife, made me think of the old word 'Slockit' meaning, a light that has gone out, and I think that was what inspired the tune.'' John From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of Dave S [david...@pt.lu] Sent: 15 July 2011 22:27 To: Kevin Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: on keilder side Hi, It's probably a lighthouse on a promontary called Da Slockit in the Shetland Islands -- super tune on NSP. Tom Anderson wrote some superb melodies for violin --- and the Kielder is a village and a river Dave S On 7/15/2011 10:43 PM, Kevin wrote: Hello to All, i have just had a question from my Swedish friend who is asking the meaning of a tune: On one of Kathryn Tickells earliest recordings on kielder side theres a happy tune called da slockit light do you know the tune? which i can only guess means the turned of light?. What does it really mean? And what is on kielder side? Is it a river perhaps. Thanks. Mikael. can anyone enlighten him on the title of the tune? kevin To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1516/3766 - Release Date: 07/15/11
