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Research article - Traditional Music (Hitherto Unpublished) - S Miller

30 Apr 2015

“TRADITIONAL MANX MUSIC. (HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED.)” THE MANX GUILD CLASS 1908–14

by Stephen Miller

Between 1908–14, the Manx Guild held a class for “Traditional Manx Music (Hitherto Unpublished),” though there was a break in 1913. The intention was clear, to encourage the collecting of folk songs—in Manx it must be added. The Guild was competitive so someone had to win the class and clearly then some form of aesthetic criteria was to be applied. Some eight people were entrants in these years, with Sophia Morrison the only one who entered each and every time. The others were Harry Bridson (1909–12), P.W. Caine (1914), W.H. Gill (1909–11), J.J. Kneen (1910, 1912), W. Quane (1908), Stanley H. Taggart (1908), and Thomas Taggart (1910–12, 1914).  

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