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Thread #146689 Message #3396972
Posted By: Brian Peters
29-Aug-12 - 09:32 AM
Thread Name: alf edwards concertina accompaniments
Subject: RE: alf edwards concertina accompaniments
To modern ears some of Edwards' accompaniments sound a bit stiff, but I still think they are good for their time, presumably representing a deliberate attempt by Lloyd and Co. to avoid the American associations of the guitar. Some of them are quite inventive; I'd heard that he played from sheet music, but who wrote his arrangements? Were they his own?
Michael, the concertina world has been mired in controversy over many years, regarding the use by sailors of the instrument. Dan Worrall, from Texas, has done a lot of research on the topic (much of it discussed on www.concertina.net) and found plenty of historical and photographic evidence that concertinas weren't not uncommon on board ships in the late 19th and early 20th century. I doubt if there's much evidence of them having been used for song accompaniment, though.