Thanks, Paul.

In three short paragraphs you've given me more leads than I can possibly use - although I will follow them up for my own satisfaction.

I'm limited by time and the audience. Time is 40 + 30 minutes, and I've found that 40 minutes of music and 30 of talking goes down best with the audience. Since most of them have no knowledge of traditional/folk music, my talk needs to be more about what they are going to hear rather than why I'm playing it.

You've crystallised my thought on one aspect. I had intended to draw a line re instruments around 1850, but I think I'll extend it to nearer 1900 to take in fully the influence of the music hall.

As I said in my opening post, I don't want to re-open discussions on what is traditional music, or how it should be performed. I will be including, for example, one or two of Dave Swarbrick's fiddle tunes, mainly because I like them and the audience will enjoy them, but also because they demonstrate how the 'tradition' continues to develop.

This is not an academic talk. It's designed to open the ears of a 'classical' audience to other types of music.

Phil