song book

As well as material from the Minstrelsy, Sunday's concert will feature items from some of the important manuscripts and collectors connected with the society, whose Ancient Melodies Committee bought the William Vickers Tune Book, a record of almost 600 country dance tunes compiled between 1770-1772.

Award-winning author Derek Kirk Kim presents Tune Book 1: Vanishing Point, a black-and-white graphic novel about a young Korean-American man who drops out of college to pursue his art career, only to find the job market for artists is much rougher than he ever imagined...

On the other hand, much of the music in the tune book was written by Yankee tunesmiths of the late eighteenth century and shape-note notation originated in the Middle Atlantic states; thus, some northern singers claim the tradition as their own as much as do southern singers.

Thus in his 1838 tune book, Sacred Harmony, you find tunes called Belleville, Hallowell, Port Hope, Niagara, and Toronto.

There's also an accompaniment record and tune book in excellent condition and dated 1973.

Two important 'tune book' publications from the 1850s were, A Collection of Thirty Standard Psalms Tunes in Vocal Score by George Allan and A Collection of Psalm Tunes Comprising the Best Compositions in General Use: Harmonised for Four Voices, with An Arrangement for the Organ or Pianoforte by W.

He owns several tune books, including one of Don Messer's collections and two small books from a series called Fiddlers Tune Book edited by Peter Kennedy and published by Gale Music Press.

GIG Ormston There was also the late 17th century Henry Atkinson manuscript - one of the earliest known fiddle tune books in Britain with what appears to be the earliest known version of Bobby Shaftoe - and the William Vickers Tune Book, a record of almost 600 country dance tunes compiled between 1770 and 1772.

13 White Jack Gosforth Records Office, 6/8 8-bar/12-bar William Vickers MS tune book (1770), p.

Britton, "The Easy Instructor (1798-1831): A History and Bibliography of the First Shape Note Tune Book," Journal of Research in Music Education 1 (1953): 31-55; a purported 1798 edition has not been found.

Violin tune book written by Henry Atkinson in 1694: Atkinson was a native of Northumberland and more than 200 tunes are recorded including two versions of Jingling Geordie.

Around the village halls of Dorset they perform 'Benjamin's Book: A Play with Music', based on the life and music of Mr Rose, and this has reached audiences beyond what one might expect for a fiddler's two-hundred-year-old tune book. They have incorporated some of the material into their various other musical activities.