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(b.1825 d.1898), Northumberland
52 tunes. A transcription into ABC Music Notation for The Village
Music Project, by Steve Mansfield and Ruairidh Greig, of the pages
from the MS which were selected for reproduction on the Farne
website.
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of transcription
Farne interpret the hard-to-read date on the opening page as 1831,
but both the contents and his birth date favour an interpretation
of 1851!
Matt Seattle's description, from the Farne website:-
"Part of the Cocks collection, this
book is now housed in the Northumberland Record Office in
Gosforth, with complete photocopies in the Black Gate and
Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum. It is described as 'Wm T Green's
Music Book Piper'.
William Thomas Green was
the son of William Green of Morpeth (1774-1860) who was piper to
the Duchess of Northumberland from 1806, and according to Les
Jessop (Northumbrian Pipers' Society Magazine Vol. 12, 1991),
was 'the link between the 18th century pipers and the
antiquarians responsible for the revival of the music in the
1850s.'
Curiously his son's book
does not contain many pipe tunes, but seems to be a fiddler's
book, though the transposition and range of some tunes suggest
that he played flute or fife as well. The bulk of the book
consists of standard Scottish tunes (not reproduced), but there
are also some good local items, particularly hornpipes. Some are
alternative texts of items reproduced elsewhere on the FARNE
site, but a few are both unique and of high quality."
Height : 14 cm
Width : 23 cm"
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