Ralph Dunstan (born 17 Nov 1857; died 2 Apr 1933) was born at

Carnon Downs Carnon Downs () is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about three miles southwest of Truro on the A39 road (England), A39 Truro to Falmouth road.Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190' ...

in the parish of Feock, Cornwall and is buried at Perranzabuloe. He is honoured now as one of the greatest song collectors in the Cornish musical tradition. Dunstan is best known for his work ''The Cornish Song Book'' (''Lyver Canow Kernewek'') published by Reid Bros Ltd of London in 1929. He also wrote a requiem for his son and son-in-law who were killed in the

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Selected works

*''The Composer's Handbook: a guide to the principles of musical composition'' (1909) *''The ABC of Musical Theory; with numerous original and selected questions and exercises'' *''Songs of the Ages'' *''Cornish Dialect and Folk Songs''. London: Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew (1932) *''A Cyclopaedic Dictionary of Music'' *''First Steps in Harmony'' *''Sight Singing through Song from Staff Notation'' (1921) *''The Cornish Song Book: Pt. 1''. London: Reid Bros; reprinted (1974) *''The Cornish Song Book: Pt. 2'' reprinted (1974) *''Hereafter Summer and Others'' *''Exercises in Voice-Production and Enunciation for Speakers and Readers'' *''Music to Shakespeare's Plays. Selected and arranged for the use of schools and colleges'' *''The Christian Pilgrimage''

References

External links

Index of Cornish Song Book
1857 births 1933 deaths Culture of Cornwall People from Cornwall British musicologists Burials in Cornwall {{UK-academic-bio-stub