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30 Aug 08 - 04:24 PM (#2426440) Subject: lyric book From: marlboro Hi everyone Just found The Mudcat Cafe. Can anyone advise me on where/how to get a lyric/songbook foe folk/trad songs of Northumberland as I want to get an anniversary gift for a friend fron up north who knows beautiful songs patchily. Thanks Marlboro |
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30 Aug 08 - 04:36 PM (#2426443) Subject: RE: lyric book From: Willa A CD rather than a book, but may include the lyrics as is often the case. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/detail/offer-listing/-/B0000082RO/new |
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30 Aug 08 - 04:52 PM (#2426454) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: Joe Offer Hmmmm. I haven't seen the book myself, but there was a slim paperback called Folk Songs of Northumberland, by Gwen Marchant Polwarth, published by University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Adult Education Department, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1966 - it's 48 pages. Keep checking this thread - you'll note that I expanded the thread title a bit. Maybe somebody from the UK can give better information. -Joe Offer- |
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30 Aug 08 - 06:23 PM (#2426508) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: marlboro thank you Willa and Joe.looks like a very good start. \marlboro |
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31 Aug 08 - 04:21 AM (#2426642) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: Dave (Bridge) There is a book called Nortumbrian Minstrelsy, which I believe is still available. ISBN number 1 86143 039 6. Ballads, melodies and small pipe tunes of Northumbria by Bruce and Stokoe. Good Luck |
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31 Aug 08 - 05:57 AM (#2426668) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: Dave Sutherland While I would certainly endorse Northumbrian Minstrelsy, and good luck with your search for it, I would also suggest that you search for *#1PEASANT* (Conrad Blaney)on this forum which could lead you to the Tyneside songs that he has published on line. |
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31 Aug 08 - 06:05 AM (#2426672) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: peregrina Thomas Allan: Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings with Lives, Portraits and Autographs of the Writers and Notes on the Songs --you could trawl itunes for individual song titles, buy some tracks, and make a compilation CD and have look here for a top ten |
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31 Aug 08 - 06:19 AM (#2426674) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: GUEST,buspassed I'm getting tired of waiting for someone to buy me the complete Northumbrian Anthology, judging from the snipetts I've heard it's stunning, it's also £150+ so here goes.... Dear Santa......... |
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31 Aug 08 - 03:24 PM (#2426970) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: Anglogeezer This site may be of interest to you FARNE , the Folk Archive North East. I've not made use of it myself, just came across it one day, as you do!! regards Jake |
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01 Sep 08 - 08:24 PM (#2428175) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: Jim Dixon I hope this works for you. (Depending on what country you're in, it might not.) I found the following books are viewable at Google Book Search: The Northumbrian Minstrel: A Choice Selection of Songs. Alnwick: Printed by W. Davison, 1811. M. A. Richardson, The Local Historian's Table Book of Remarkable Occurrences, Historical Facts, Traditions, Legendary and Descriptive Ballads, &c., &c., Connected with the Counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: M. A. Richardson, 1841-6. Vol. 2, Vol. 3 Bell, John. Rhymes of Northern Bards: Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham. Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed for John Bell by M. Angus & Son, 1812. |
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01 Sep 08 - 10:44 PM (#2428274) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: Malcolm Douglas Google graciously permits UK users to access these UK books, so probably everybody else can see them too. Bell's work in particular is a classic. |
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02 Sep 08 - 03:54 AM (#2428426) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: nutty Also - this site with the poems and songs of Joseph Skipsey Minor Victorian Poets |
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02 Sep 08 - 04:16 AM (#2428435) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: nutty ALSO ..... www.abe books.co.uk have a used copy of FOLK SONGS of NORTHUMBERLAND by GWEN MARCHANT POLWARTH for £10. |
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02 Sep 08 - 05:13 AM (#2428451) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: pavane Note that Google Book search does list different books in different countries, i.e. it takes note that copyright rules are different. You can get around this by using a different address, thus http://books.google.fr for France. |
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02 Sep 08 - 05:16 AM (#2428453) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: pavane The two books mentioned by Jim above are also available for download from Google Books as PDF files. |
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02 Sep 08 - 05:57 AM (#2428474) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: Jack Blandiver Look out for Joseph Crawhall's Buek o' Newcassel Sangs, published in a facsimile edition in 1965 by Frank Graham; copies can still be found in antiquarian bookshops. There's a copy Here for £42. Fine songs, illustrated by Crawhall's famous & distinctive woodcuts. |
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02 Sep 08 - 06:43 AM (#2428497) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: nutty the Crawhall book is allso on line here Conrad Bladey's Beuk O'Newcassel Sangs |
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02 Sep 08 - 06:53 AM (#2428509) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: Jack Blandiver Mr Bladey's site, comprehensive though it undoubtedly is, in no way shape or form conveys the exquisite marrying of text & image that was Crawhall's intention. On the contrary - the clumsy reduction of Crawhall's beautiful woodcut lines to poor quality scans not only lacks the aesthetic authenticity of the originals but is in extremely bad taste. |
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02 Sep 08 - 07:23 AM (#2428536) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: nutty BUT IB - it makes the material available to all. Not many would be able to afford the £42 for a used original which you obviously would prefer. I consider that accessability is more important and thank Conrad for his efforts. |
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02 Sep 08 - 07:41 AM (#2428549) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: Jack Blandiver Sorry, Nutty - but I fear Mr Crawhall would be turning in his grave. Saying that, I am hardly above appropriating Crawhall's images for use on the Word Wide Web - for example the page I did to accompany the Shibboleth album Hyem, features a good many of Crawhall's woodcuts, variously textured & coloured as digital images to accompany the texts of the (mostly) traditional songs thereupon. See Here. Other images too of course; various chapbook cuts & photographs of the old collieries of South-East Northumberland dear to the hearts of the musicians, but also, hopefully, respectful to the source. As for accessibility; I feel such things ought to be hard won to have a value, and by their rarity they are all the more precious. In that sense £42 is a veritable bargain. I wouldn't be averse to an on-line facsimile however, feeling sure such a thing must exist somewhere... |
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02 Sep 08 - 07:42 AM (#2428551) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: Dave Sutherland Agreed nutty I was more interested in someone getting the words of the songs; that's why I mentioned it about three days ago. |
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02 Sep 08 - 05:25 PM (#2429213) Subject: RE: lyric book - trad songs of Northumberland From: Tootler The Northumbrian Minstrelsy is available in Facsimile from Llanerch Press. I got my copy direct from them. |