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28 Jan 03 - 11:42 PM (#877256) Subject: Tocher Scots Gaelic Sound Archive From: GUEST I did a forum search, and a search through the links pages, but could find no references to this excellent online sound archive at the School of Scottish Studies. Have I missed it? I would hate to think people here couldn't find any link to it. It has many songs, stories, folklore, etc. and with English translations. Also, is there a way to do a search of the links pages besides scrolling through all of them? Some special way of using the search engines? Anyway, enjoy this website, it's great! http://www.pearl.arts.ed.ac.uk/Tocher/ |
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29 Jan 03 - 05:47 AM (#877423) Subject: RE: Tocher Scots Gaelic Sound Archive From: Strupag Thanks guest, I have most of these Tocher publications but what a difference to hear the actual voices of the storytellers and singers. A geat site. |
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29 Jan 03 - 11:46 AM (#877655) Subject: RE: Tocher Scots Gaelic Sound Archive From: Malcolm Douglas And, lest the thread title put anyone off, it's actually a mix of Gaelic and English-language material. They seem to have added more since I last looked at it. |
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30 Jan 03 - 12:01 AM (#878205) Subject: RE: Tocher Scots Gaelic Sound Archive From: GUEST Why in god's name would anyone be put off by a notice that a quality traditional music sound archive exists on the internet, in a folk/traditional music chat forum? |
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30 Jan 03 - 08:42 AM (#878371) Subject: RE: Tocher Scots Gaelic Sound Archive From: MMario I believe he was referring to the "Gaelic" portion of the title - since there are many who have no gaelic. |
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30 Jan 03 - 09:13 AM (#878397) Subject: RE: Tocher Scots Gaelic Sound Archive From: GUEST It was an off-putting way of phrasing his comments, IMO. |
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30 Jan 03 - 04:35 PM (#878603) Subject: RE: Tocher Scots Gaelic Sound Archive From: katlaughing Thanks, Malcolm, for noting that. I'd forgotten about this website. Didn't you post it several years ago? I seem to recall going to it once before, but not really understanding what it was all about back then. It is a great site. Nice to be reminded of it, guest. kat |
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30 Jan 03 - 05:32 PM (#878650) Subject: RE: Tocher Scots Gaelic Sound Archive From: Art Thieme It's grand to know about it. Thank you very much. Art Thieme |
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30 Jan 03 - 08:57 PM (#878774) Subject: RE: Tocher Scottish Sound Archive From: Malcolm Douglas It does no harm to re-phrase. How's this: In case anyone should think that a Scots Gaelic archive (even with translations into English provided) might not be for them, it may be worth pointing out that no discrimination is made between Gaelic and English-language material; both are included, and both are equally Scottish. Thankyou again for flagging the site, which is not as well known as it deserves to be. |
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30 Jan 03 - 09:23 PM (#878786) Subject: RE: Tocher Scots Gaelic Sound Archive From: Strupag Diplomatic as ever and well said Malcolm! I hope that, some day, I'll be able to her my uncle, Willie Mitchell from Campbeltown, who was featured in issue 70 (or there abouts) I have never heard his voice since he visited my parents in Ballacheulish in the early sixties. He came up from Campbelltown, with his wife, in a tandom. He wrote "Road to Drumlemmin" which has oft been recorded, but he recorded "Florie Loinichan" for the School of Scottish Studies at the time this article was recorded. This was a song which epitomised the kintyre dilect at the turn of the last century |
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30 Jan 03 - 10:49 PM (#878820) Subject: RE: Tocher Scots Gaelic Sound Archive From: Malcolm Douglas Now that's interesting, too. Road to Drumleman (or however it's spelled!) is a rather nice song, though I've only heard the tune that Tony Cuffe set to it, not the one that Willie Mitchell intended. I gather that the original tune was printed in the Summer 1979 edition of Tocher; I wonder if you might be able to post it here some time? |