Annotation:Keel Row (The): Difference between revisions

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''Weel may the keel row, &c. '' .... (Stokoe & Bruce)

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The tune was contained in the Northumbrian music manuscript collection of John Smith, dated 1752, unfortunately now lost. The contents were copied by 19th century folk-music collector John Stokoe in 1887, when the manuscript was in the possession of Lewis Proudlock. Stokoe's volume '''Northumbrian Minstrelsy''' had been printed five year prior, and his interest in Smith’s ms. demonstrates Stokoe's continuing commitment to older Northumbrian music. Researcher and Northumbrian piper Matt Seattle notes that this is the earliest known version of "Keel Row." Northumbrian musician John Bell (1783-1864) entered the tune and words into his c. 1812 music manuscript collection. In his annotations to the tune on the FARNE site [http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=R1002501] researcher Matt Seattle explains that the Sandgate area was a riverside of Newcastle and took its name from an old city gate on the route between Newcastle and Shields. It was a densely populated area, primarily by those laboring classes whose livelihood was with the river traffic. The 'row' in Keel Row refers to the giant oar used by keelmen when faced with poor wind or an adverse tide, says Matt.

The tune was contained in the Northumbrian music manuscript collection of John Smith, dated 1752, unfortunately now lost. The contents were copied by 19th century folk-music collector John Stokoe in 1887, when the manuscript was in the possession of Lewis Proudlock of Longhorsely by Morpeth<ref>Proudlock himself received the ms. collection from a Mr. Fish of Angerton around 1881, who had bought it at a farm sale amongst some old books. </ref>. Stokoe's volume '''Northumbrian Minstrelsy''' had been printed five year prior, and his interest in Smith’s ms. demonstrates Stokoe's continuing commitment to older Northumbrian music. Researcher and Northumbrian piper Matt Seattle notes that this is the earliest known version of "Keel Row." Northumbrian musician John Bell (1783-1864) entered the tune and words into his c. 1812 music manuscript collection. In his annotations to the tune on the FARNE site [http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=R1002501] researcher Matt Seattle explains that the Sandgate area was a riverside of Newcastle and took its name from an old city gate on the route between Newcastle and Shields. It was a densely populated area, primarily by those laboring classes whose livelihood was with the river traffic. The 'row' in Keel Row refers to the giant oar used by keelmen when faced with poor wind or an adverse tide, says Matt.

Emmerson (1971) believes the tune to have been composed on and for the Northumbrian smallpipes, and Shield's famous variations on "Keel Row," composed for the instrument, are printed by Hall & Stafford.

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 ''Weel may the keel row, &c. ''   ....  (Stokoe & Bruce)
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-The tune was contained in the Northumbrian music manuscript collection of John Smith, dated 1752, unfortunately now lost.  The contents were copied by 19th century folk-music collector John Stokoe in 1887, when the manuscript was in the possession of Lewis Proudlock. Stokoe's volume '''Northumbrian Minstrelsy''' had been printed five year prior, and his interest in Smith’s ms. demonstrates Stokoe's continuing commitment to older Northumbrian music. Researcher and Northumbrian piper Matt Seattle notes that this is the earliest known version of "Keel Row." Northumbrian musician John Bell (1783-1864) entered the tune and words into his c. 1812 music manuscript collection. In his annotations to the tune on the FARNE site [http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=R1002501] researcher Matt Seattle explains that the Sandgate area was a riverside of Newcastle and took its name from an old city gate on the route between Newcastle and Shields. It was a densely populated area, primarily by those laboring classes whose livelihood was with the river traffic. The 'row' in Keel Row refers to the giant oar used by keelmen when faced with poor wind or an adverse tide, says Matt.
+The tune was contained in the Northumbrian music manuscript collection of John Smith, dated 1752, unfortunately now lost.  The contents were copied by 19th century folk-music collector John Stokoe in 1887, when the manuscript was in the possession of Lewis Proudlock of Longhorsely by Morpeth<ref>Proudlock himself received the ms. collection from a Mr. Fish of Angerton around 1881, who had bought it at a farm sale amongst some old books. </ref>. Stokoe's volume '''Northumbrian Minstrelsy''' had been printed five year prior, and his interest in Smith’s ms. demonstrates Stokoe's continuing commitment to older Northumbrian music. Researcher and Northumbrian piper Matt Seattle notes that this is the earliest known version of "Keel Row." Northumbrian musician John Bell (1783-1864) entered the tune and words into his c. 1812 music manuscript collection. In his annotations to the tune on the FARNE site [http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=R1002501] researcher Matt Seattle explains that the Sandgate area was a riverside of Newcastle and took its name from an old city gate on the route between Newcastle and Shields. It was a densely populated area, primarily by those laboring classes whose livelihood was with the river traffic. The 'row' in Keel Row refers to the giant oar used by keelmen when faced with poor wind or an adverse tide, says Matt.
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 Emmerson (1971) believes the tune to have been composed on and for the Northumbrian smallpipes, and Shield's famous variations on "Keel Row," composed for the instrument, are printed by Hall & Stafford.