Alex wade, claire wren, cohen braithwaite kilcoyne, michael hebbert and dave elliott mh photos are by martin henshaw, cw by claire wren, cp by christopher pointeer with permission. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Michael hebbert was a pub musician from wallingford, and played his portable pub piano a rare jeffries duet system concertina at the rampin cat. Matthew crampton storyteller, writer and singer matthew crampton. The normal concertina for irish music is a 30 button cg anglo, although more buttons is very common. Michael hebbert hebbert, michael used books, rare books and new books find all books by michael hebbert and compare prices find signed collectible books by michael hebbert dismantlers london residuary body sticerd occasional papers isbn 9780853281832 9780853281832. Documents in the concertina library about other duet concertina systems, including complete instruction books, new arrangements of music, full copies of patents and historical documents, and published research articles. The jeffries duet concertina tutor by gary coover for sale. Tommy williams, gordon cutty, michael hebbert, liverpools concertina bands. Yes, you heard that right for all you folks struggling with the quirks of the jeffries duet, a book is now in the works and with luck should be be available in a few months.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of michael hebbert books online. Whilst the beginners had tuition from bob, mike and david in other rooms. Jeffries duet tutor in the works teaching and learning concertina. London workshops and talks december 2019 contrary life. Michael hebbert kate scott australia dave dixon george f. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 4. Documents in the concertina library about maccann duet system concertinas, including complete instruction books, new arrangements of music, full copies of patents and historical documents, and published research articles.
I had of course seen her at west country concertina player weekends navigating her way from one workshop to another but. A bit too rumtitiddly concertina for my taste but you may enjoy. Hebbert is joined by rod and danny stradling of the old swan band. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
Hes played horas in israel, jotas in castille, waltzes busking in oslo, reels and jigs for dances in village halls in oxfordshire, brazilian boss nova and serbian dances with vladimir jankovic in manchester, irish slow airs. The jeffries duet concertina tutor is finally here, and only 100 years too late. Jeffries duet tutor teaching and learning concertina. Community struggles over postwar street clearances stimulated interest in the physical layout of the public realm as a gestalt for shared memory, a theme of earlier.
Londonbased player of the londonmade jeffries duet concertina. This multipart arrangement for english concertina is taken from the mini tunes book arranged by frank butler, a former doyen of the ica. It features over 80 tunes arranged for a 50button jeffries duet, from super simple to ridiculously difficult. I also admire the playing of mike hebbert on jeffries duet and iris bishop on. The rare and unusual concertina known as the jeffries duet has baffled wouldbe players for over a hundred years, and now here is a tutor that. Golden grates geddit was their first lp and a comedy triumph. The concertina newsletter the wecialist for concertina and freereed instrument. Michael hebbert, a jeffries duet player since 1958, has played in many different styles through traditional english, latin american, klezmer, playford and more. Aside from such serious stuff, i perform music hall and singalong sometimes with the concertina maestro michael hebbert or with the mighty dan quinn as the duo the bashful boys. This advert is located in and around york, north yorkshire. Songs, ballads, and english country dance tunes, played on the jeffries duet concertina.
Concertinas at bradfield this label is not removable ghosts and lovers the. Songs and dances of many genres played on a rare 54key duet concertina made by charles jeffries of london around the turn of the twentieth century. World in a box on squeezing music out of concertinas. Sometimes i perform solo, sometimes with concertina maestro michael hebbert, or the mighty dan quinn as the bashful boys. The minstrel boy is an irish patriotic song written by thomas moore 17791852 who set it to the melody of the moreen, an old irish air.
Please book in advance, as the event will be very busy. The street as locus of collective memory michael hebbert. I play a 55 key wheatstone crane system duet concertina, and also a 65 key. This song was probably composed in canada, around 1870.
We have a very small number of tickets available for members of the public to attend the tutors concert, as part of the wccp concertina weekend. Sir max mallowan famous archaeologist and lady mallowan the novelist agatha christie lived close by. Its going to great fun putting this together, especially since michael hebbert and gavin atkin have both graciously offer. For better or worse none of these tunes have written arrangements, everything is. Michael hebbert solo and with workshop participants. From their respective standpoints of two millennia of ebullient trading and a century of, to put it mildly, muddled planning, sheppard and michael hebbert paint. On an anglo, when you add more buttons, the core system doesnt change, so even if you dont know how to use the extra buttons you can still play the same music. Read all of the posts by michael hebbert on world in a box. But first, here are some logos of unknown accordion brands please let me jeroen nijhof know if you recognise any of them. My publishing company muddler books recently reprinted a wonderful victorian biography called seventy years a showman. And sometimes with david eagle of the younguns in a show we call muddling through. There are many accordion manufacturers, and even more brands may shops will import accordions and sell them under their own brand name. It is widely believed that moore composed the song in remembrance of a number of his friends, whom he met while studying at trinity college, dublin and who had participated in and were killed during the irish rebellion of 1798.
Hes played horas in israel, jotas in castille, waltzes busking in oslo, reels and jigs for dances in village halls in oxfordshire, brazilian boss nova and serbian dances with vladimir jankovic in manchester, irish slow airs with fleadhwinning patrick devinewright, show songs. Were looking forward to hosting singerstoryteller matthew crampton and concertina maestro michael hebbert at the geffrye museum on tuesday 3 december. Michael hebbert has played the concertina since 1958, making all sorts of music with all kinds of musical friends. This month, the museum of the home will be running a variety of events including a feast of songs in the museums georgian room with singer and storyteller matthew crampton and concertina maestro michael hebbert 2nd december. Barleycorn concertinas will also be in attendance with a range of. This was followed by a session led by alan and mike using our music from the purple folders. Michael hebbert was a pub musician from wallingford, and played his portable pub piano a rare jeffries duet system concertina at the rampin cat pub, and heres a selection from his varied repertoire of. Pride of place belongs to michael hebbert and his jeffries duet. Matthew crampton storyteller, writer and singer matthew. Published by rollston press, 198 pages, available through amazon worldwide in paperback and kindle ebook.
Michael hebbert s contribution, the rampin cat, is a much more traditional and subdued affair consisting of predominately instrumental concertina polkas, medleys, ballads, and jigs. Folkpub music songs, ballads, pub music and english country dance tunes played on the jeffries duet concertina by michael hebbert with three men in a boat andrew. Reviews by roger digby of recent recordings by charles marshall, cormac begley, steven arntson, and michael hebbert. A new serial segment within brief notes entitled concertina tutors of the victorian and edwardian eras. In discussing the role of streets and urban spaces as a locus of collective memory, i draw a distinction between overt commemoration of public memory and the accumulation of group memories in the setting of the everyday street. It is compiled and annotated by nigel schofield, the researcher and archivist who coproduced both the carthy chronicles and free reeds peter bellamy tribute set, and includes tracks, outtakes and rarities from the whole chequered history of the little inthered label the fascinating. March 6, 2018 march 7, 2018 michael hebbert we were living close by the thames at wallingford when i started to do gigs with andrew frank. Here is a list, cobbled together from various sources. More by fortune than design by michael hebbert and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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