--- On Tue, 3/11/09, Francis Wood wrote:
From: Francis Wood
Subject: [NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file - William Darling
To: "Anthony Robb"
Cc: "NSP group"
Date: Tuesday, 3 November, 2009, 10:15 AM
On 3 Nov 2009, at 10:01, Anthony Robb wrote:
Thank you, Francis, for your appreciation.
Dobson played in Mr. Thompson's String Band, as well as with Mr C A Richardson
of Alnwick, whose compositions Dobson copied into his book. We will never know
for sure whether or not Dobson, Darling, Readshaw and Wallace used 'dots' for
performance pur
On 3 Nov 2009, at 10:01, Anthony Robb wrote:
In my 20+ years playing up north I got to at least a couple of
hundred
dances, parties, sessions, music evenings & concerts with a fair few
established players and never saw a page of dots used once
Perhaps they were saying "Look out, its t
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Subject: [NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file - William Darling
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Tuesday, 3 November, 2009, 9:13 AM
Yes, the William Darling is Grace Darling's father. It's a lovely
little manuscript, currently on loan to the RNLI Museum at Bamburgh.
Wi
7;t feel the need to
write down tunes he could play without dots!
Best wishes
Margaret
-- Gibbons, John wrote :
And the place!
John
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Sent: 02 November 2009 17:10
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Subject: [NSP]
wrote:
From: Margaret Watchorn
Subject: [NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Monday, 2 November, 2009, 4:02 PM
I've found the recent comments about music in north Northumberland very
interesting. I grew up among those who learned and playe
And the place!
John
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Paul Gretton
Sent: 02 November 2009 17:10
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file
This is fascinating stuff. Thanks, Margaret.
BTW, could
garet Watchorn
Sent: 02 November 2009 17:02
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file
I've found the recent comments about music in north Northumberland very
interesting. I grew up among those who learned and played by ear (Joe
Hutton, Will Atkinson, Jimmy Little, the Chevi
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Margaret Watchorn
Sent: 02 November 2009 16:02
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file
I've found the recent comments about music in north Northumberland very
interesting. I grew up among those who learned and p
t: 02 November 2009 15:53
To: Paul Gretton
Cc: NSP group
Subject: [NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file
A short word in praise of this mail header.
Francis
On 2 Nov 2009, at 14:45, Paul Gretton wrote:
> Dear Anthony,
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> Thank you for making that clear.
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bpipes.com]
Sent: 02 November 2009 09:32
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; Paul Gretton
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file
Dear Paul
As Philip G. points out, some good points but hardly germane. I think I made
it clear that I was speaking very particularly, in fact here is the quote
from my
Paul Gretton
From: Anthony Robb [mailto:anth...@robbpipes.com]
Sent: 02 November 2009 09:32
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; Paul Gretton
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file
Dear Paul
As Philip G. points out,
thony Robb [mailto:anth...@robbpipes.com]
Sent: 02 November 2009 09:32
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu; Paul Gretton
Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file
Dear Paul
As Philip G. points out, some good points but hardly germane. I think I made
it clear that I was speaking very particularly, in fact
Subject: [NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Sunday, 1 November, 2009, 6:20 PM
Anthony Robb wrote:
>>>dot reading was an extremely rare skill at the time
If you mean specifically among players of the NSP (or the fiddle, then
perhaps - I woul
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From: "Paul Gretton"
To:
Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 6:25 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file
It just occurred to me that I ought to have added:
To get an idea of the culture that fostered musical literacy even among
very
"ordinary" p
tmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf
Of Paul Gretton
Sent: 01 November 2009 19:20
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: [BULK] Re: [nsp] file
Anthony Robb wrote:
>>>dot reading was an extremely rare skill at the time
If you mean specifically among players of the NSP (
Anthony Robb wrote:
>>>dot reading was an extremely rare skill at the time
If you mean specifically among players of the NSP (or the fiddle, then
perhaps - I wouldn't know.
But if you mean in general, then that is a far too sweeping statement.
Musical literacy was my no means uncommon, even amon
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