Re: [scots-l] Tin Whistle Bands and Scottish whistle

2001-08-13 Thread David Francis
Manuel Waldesco wrote: Anyway, regarding this tin whistle tradition in Scotland, I wonder which are the differences with Irish whistle, I mean, the way of playing (v.g. ornamentation) reels and jigs, airs, and which other Scottish type of tunes are played normally on this instrument. Kenny

Re: [scots-l] Tin Whistle Bands

2001-08-10 Thread Nigel Gatherer
Manuel Waldesco wrote: Hello there, I'm doing from time to time some research on pennywhistle history... There was a composer of tunes in the 19th Century called Carl Volti (real name Archibald Mulligan) who contributed a number of tunes to the popular Kerr's Merry Melodies series. He seemed

RE: [scots-l] Tin Whistle Bands

2001-06-25 Thread Manuel Waldesco
- Original Message - From: Stuart Eydmann To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 1:28 AM Subject: Re: [scots-l] Tin Whistle Bands The histories of the penny whistle and flute bands in Scotland have still to be written. I'd be very