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Thread #143672   Message #3317632
Posted By: GUEST
05-Mar-12 - 10:07 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: 19C English Country Dance Bands
Subject: RE: Folklore: 19C English Country Dance Bands
Many of the bands playing for country dancing were also church bands. One example, at Winterton in North Lincolnshire, consisted of flute, bass fiddle, bassoon and clarinet. The instruments are, as far as I know, still there. The rise of the church organ, as referred to in Hardy's "Under the Greenwood Tree" would have impacted on country dancing as well as church music.