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Ritson's Northumberland Garland Or Newcastle Nightingale 1809
Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale, Edited and published by Joseph Ritson, is a revised edition of a book on Northumberland music, published in 1809. Details Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 (or to give its full title – "The Northumberland Garland; or Newcastle Nightingale: A matchless collection of famous songs s originally edited by the late Joseph Ritson, Esq.----Old Tyne shall listen to my tale, and echo, down the bordering vale, The liquid melody prolong. Akenside ---- Newcastle ---- MDCCXCIII Printed by and for Hall and Elliot. Licensed and entered according to Order ---- London: Reprinted for Robert Triphook, 37, St. Jame's Street, by Harding and Wright, St John's Square ---- 1809”) is a book of Geordie folk song consisting of approximately 96 pages with 16 works, first published in 1793 and reprinted (this version) in 1809. Other books in Ritson's Garland series were Bishopric Garland, The Yorkshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Ritson
Joseph Ritson (2 October 1752 – 23 September 1803) was an English antiquary who was well known for his 1795 compilation of the Robin Hood legend. After a visit to France in 1791, he became a staunch supporter of the ideals of the French Revolution. He was also an influential vegetarianism activist.Spencer, Colin. (1995). ''The Heretic's Feast: A History of Vegetarianism''. University Press of New England. pp. 233-234. He is also known for his collections of English nursery rhymes, such as " Roses Are Red" and "Little Bo-Peep", in ''Gammer Gurton's Garland or The Nursery Parnassus'', published in London by Joseph Johnson. Early life He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, of a Westmorland yeoman family. He was educated for the law, mainly by Ralph Bradley the leading conveyancer. He then settled in London as a conveyancer at 22. Author He devoted his spare time to literature, and in 1782, he published an attack on Thomas Warton's '' History of English Poetry''. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northumbrian Minstrelsy
''Northumbrian Minstrelsy'' is a book of 18th and 19th century North East of England folk songs and pipe music, intended to be a lasting historical record. The book was edited by John Stokoe and the Rev John Collingwood Bruce LL.D., F.S.A., and published by and on behalf of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1882. It was reprinted in 1965 by Folklore Associates, Hatboro, Pennsyslvania, with a foreword by A. L. Lloyd. Details ''Northumbrian Minstrelsy'' was written with the intention of providing a historical record of some of the North Country songs and music. "A book for the collection and preservation of the old music and poetry of the North of England" was what Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland had suggested. The book is divided into two sections; the first giving the lyrics (with some music) of local, now historical songs, and the second part giving the music to many Northumbrian smallpipe tunes with very few lyrics. The book was edited by John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northumbrian Folklore
Northumbrian may refer to: Languages * present-day Northumbrian dialect, a variant of Northern English closely related to Scots * historic Northumbrian Old English, a variety of Old English spoken in the Kingdom of Northumbria People * an inhabitant of the present-day region of Northumbria or North East England * an inhabitant of the historic county of Northumberland specifically * an inhabitant of the historic Kingdom of Northumbria Transport * Northumbrian (locomotive) ''Northumbrian'' was an early steam locomotive built by Robert Stephenson in 1830 and used at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M). It was the eighth of Stephenson's nine 0-2-2 locomotives in the style of ''Rocket'', but ..., a locomotive built in 1830 and first to encompass smokebox and firebox within the boiler barrel {{disambiguation Northumbria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Related To Newcastle Upon Tyne
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition and variation of sections. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally "by ear" are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers, and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical composers fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Books By Joseph Ritson
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is ''codex'' (plural, ''codices''). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its predecessor, the scroll. A single sheet in a codex is a leaf and each side of a leaf is a page. As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it contained. Each part of Aristotle's ''Physics'' is called a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cunningham (poet And Dramatist)
John Cunningham (1729–1773) was a Dublin born playwright, poet and actor, who spent much of his life in, and according to Allan, "whose name and fame will for ever be identified with Newcastle." Life John Cunningham was born in 1729 in Dublin, Ireland. His parents, who were of Scottish descent, had won a lottery, risen up the social ladder, become bankrupt, and moved back down the social ladder. John went to Drogheda Grammar School, Drogheda, but had to leave when his father's wealth disappeared. Early in life he was attracted to the stage and the acting profession. As an actor, he never achieved any distinction, for in figure, voice, and temperament he was quite unfitted for such a profession. He started to write in the age of twelve and at the age of 17 wrote his first drama, "Love in a mist", which was performed in Dublin. Afterwards he performed at various places, with but indifferent success, amongst others, at York, Newcastle, Alnwick, Sunderland, and Edinburgh. While ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Keel Row
"The Keel Row" is a traditional Tyneside folk song evoking the life and work of the keelmen of Newcastle upon Tyne. A closely related song was first published in a Scottish collection of the 1770s, but may be considerably older, and it is unclear whether the tune is Scottish or English in origin. The opening lines of the song set it in Sandgate, that part of the quayside overlooking the River Tyne to the east of the city centre where the keelmen lived and which is still overlooked by the Keelmen's Hospital. Origins Versions of the song appear in both England and Scotland, with Scottish versions referring to the Canongate rather than Sandgate. The earliest printing was in the 1770s in Edinburgh in ''A Collection of Favourite Scots Tunes'', edited by Charles Maclean, though the tune was also found in several late eighteenth-century English manuscript collections.Gregory, ''The Late Victorian Folksong Revival'', Scarecrow Press, 2010, p. 203 Frank Kidson surmised that like many oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Collier’s Rant
"The Collier’s Rant" is a traditional Geordie folk song written many years ago (possibly around 1650), the writer is unknown. It is one of the oldest mining songs in existence. It was already popular, and had been for how long we do not know, when Joseph Ritson published it in his Northumbrian Garland in 1793. It is still a very popular piece by choirs throughout the North East of England. Lyrics There have been mine disasters as long as coal has been mined, going back long before medieval times. Some of these have been caused by gasses (the first reference to an explosion in a North East mine appears to have been in 1621), some by rock falls, and some by plain carelessness. From early times the miners had viewed the pit with suspicion, and it was part folk lore, part fright, and part plain superstition, that many of the disasters had been attributed to the de’il (the devil) or his henchmen who lived at the bottom of the shaft in every pit. This old north eastern song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Frasier
Duncan Frasier was a "local bard" of whom very little is known. He lived circa 1270 AD. Depending on which ancient manuscript is considered, he either lived "on Cheviot as a mountain bard" or in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Berwick. His writings are described as being written in Latin language, Latin. ''The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh'' The sole work attributed to Frasier is ''The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh'', of which he is allegedly the author. It is the tale of a loathsome (or in Geordie dialect words, Geordie dialect, "laidly") giant monster, and was later modified by the Rev. Robert Lambe (author), Robert Lambe, Vicar of Norham and many other later writers. The version by Lambe appears in ''(Geordie) Rhymes of Northern Bards by John Bell Junior, Rhymes of Northern Bards'' edited by John Bell (Junior), John Bell and published in 1812. Among the other early publication relating this tale are the 1809 version in “The Northumberland Garland” and “The Local Historian's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Whittle (poet)
Thomas Whittle (1683–1736) was a Tyneside, England, poet/songwriter, artist and eccentric spanning the late 17th to early 18th centuries. Early life Thomas Whittle appeared at Cambo around 1700 riding on an old goat. It was suggested by Thomas Allan in his book ''Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings'' that he could have been born at Long Edlingham, Ovingham or Shilbottle, and that his brother was the parish clerk at Earsdon in 1750. In fact, his name may have been originally spelt "Whittel". It has been suggested that he was christened at Kirkwhelpington on 10 September 1683. He was employed by an old miller, for whom he worked for years. He became, according to William Brockie quoting from ''Mackenzie's Northumberland'' (published 1825), and Thomas ''Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings'', a disciple of "Bacchus", the Greek god of wine (Roman = Dionysus) and remained so for the rest of his life. Later life He died in Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Rumney
Bernard Rumney (ca. 1700–1790) was a bard and musician from Rothbury, Northumberland, England. Bernard Rumney was born around the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century. He was born, bred, lived and died in Rothbury where he was known as the village poet and musician. He was one of the churchwardens of the parish in 1662, and his death is recorded in the parish register of 11 June 1690. His initials "B. R. 1660" were cut on a large stone block, originally one of the jambs in the old ingle nook of the Black Bull Inn, Rothbury. The inn, now demolished, had been the venue of the magistrates monthly meeting and the county court sessions. The stone was moved to the Newcastle House yard. Rumney was the author of the peculiar and slightly humorous ballad ''An excellent ballad of the sickness, death, and burial, of Ecky's Mare'', usually known as ''Ecky's Mare''. The ballad appeared in Joseph Ritson's ''Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809, Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle University Library
Newcastle University Library is the library service for students and staff at Newcastle University, UK. It consists of: * The Philip Robinson Library, the main library, offers collections in arts, humanities, social sciences, science and engineering, agriculture, education, psychology. * The Walton Library, situated in the Medical School, provides resources in medicine, dentistry and biomedical sciences. * The Law Library, situated in the Law School, provides extensive law resources. * The Marjorie Robinson Library Rooms provide a mix of individual and collaborative study spaces. It is the only library in the United Kingdom to receive the Charter Mark award for excellence five times in a row. It has since been awarded the Customer Service Excellence Award twice. The University Library has won ''The Times'' Higher Leadership and Management Award for the Outstanding Library Team. History The library of Armstrong College, the precursor to Newcastle University, was on the thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
