Shankland Lecture 1: Fiddle Tunes from Anglesey

  • Stephen Rees (Lecturer)
  • Huw Roberts (Contributor)
  • Gwydion Rhys (Contributor)

    Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar

    Description

    Treasures from Bangor Library and Archives. An examination of the fiddle manuscript written by Morris Edward during the late 1770s. The manuscript is preserved in Bangor University Archives; Morris Edward was known to have been employed to play the fiddle at the Bodorgan estate, and his collection of tunes contains some original compositions, several possibly Morris Edward himself. The presentation includes live performances of music from the manuscript, in arrangements by Stephen Rees.
    Period12 Oct 2016
    Degree of RecognitionRegional

    Keywords

    • Morris Edward
    • violin
    • Wales
    • traditional tunes
    • Edward Jones
    • Whitelock's Coranto
    • manuscript transmission
    • oral tradition
    • Bodorgan
    • Meyrick family
    • bass viol
    • fiddle
    • concerted music
    • birthday celebration

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