S 08 E 08 John Peacock’s Collection Part 1 (aka 5 days with a Northumbrian Small pipe Chanter)

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S 08 E 08 John Peacock’s Collection Part 1 aka 5 days with a Northumbrian Small pipe Chanter

Tunes:
Peacock: Frisky, Welcome to the Town Again, A Mile to Ride, Niel Gows Wife, New Drops of Brandy, Bonny Lad, Niel Gow, Money Musk, Lady Coventry’s Minuet
Donald MacDonald: We’ll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town
Alexander MacKay: A mile to Ride
Niel Gow: Niel Gow’s Wife
Walker Jackson: Cummilum
James Aird: Niel Gow
James Bremner (and Frances Hopkinson): Lady Coventry’s Minuet

Special thanks to Benjamin Elzerman for the chanter and Reed!
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Clip of Alan Lomax introducing Jack Armstrong’s Playing:
https://soundcloud.com/oldtownschool/talking-northumbrian-small

Alan Lomax Recordings with Jack Armstrong:
https://archive.culturalequity.org/person/armstrong-jack

Alan Lomax Collection at Library of Congress:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/alan-lomax-manuscripts/about-this-collection/

Alan Lomax being a Creep talking to Bert Lloyd, I first heard this on the Fire Draw Near Podcast (around 35 minutes in the context for the clip starts Alan’s talking starts at 41 minutes):
https://soundcloud.com/firedrawnear/the-trees-they-do-grow-high

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Settings:

Most of the Music Comes from John Peacock’s Collection available on Ross’s Music Page:

1810: Frisky, Welcome to the Town Again, Niel Gows Wife, New Drops of Brandy, Bonny Lad, Niel Gow, Money Musk, Lady Coventry’s Minuet
From John Peacock’s “A Favourite Collection of Tunes with Variations adapted for the Northumberland Small Pipes Violin or Flute
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/peacock.pdf

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1828: We’ll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town from Donald MacDonald
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682594

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1820s: A Mile to Ride from Alexander MacKay’s “A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes, Arranged for the Piano Forte Chiefly composed by Alexander MacKay, Musician Islay”
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104488189

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1802: Niel Gow’s Wife: From Gow's Repository of the Dance Music of Scotland Part 2
https://imslp.org/wiki/Gow%27s_Repository_of_the_Dance_Music_of_Scotland_(Gow%2C_Niel)

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1774: Walker Jackson: Cummilum
http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/jcit/jcit_table.html

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1802: Niel Gow: From Aird, Vol 5
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90483464

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1780s: Lady Coventry’s Minuet with Variations from James Bremner by Frances Hopkinson
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90483464

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