Material relating to Shanties (part II): Misc. shanties and other items, 'Grainger', 'Hugill', 'Marston', 'Terry'. Collated by Mr Roy Palmer.
Sub-folder: 'Miscelleanous Shanties and Other Items' includes a copy of an article 'Songs of a Shantyman, Captain John Robinson' by Roy Palmer in ENGLISH DANCE AND SONG, 42: 2 (1980); newspaper cuttings in 2007; 'Bring 'em down!' music and lyrics; correspondence in the 1980s and an illustration from PUNCH c.1925.
Sub-folder: 'Grainger' includes 'The Perring Chanties- The Grainger English Folk Song Collection Numbers 400-407' by Jane O'Brien in STUDIES IN MUSIC, 14 (1980); music and lyrics for 'Storm Along' from JFS (1908) and 'Sailors' Chanties: Collected by Harry E. Piggott' from JFS, no.20 (1916).
Sub-folder: 'Hugill' includes 'The Old Man of the Sea Shanty' from THE GUARDIAN, 11 September 1992, an obituary of Stan Hugill. Hugill was considered the last of the Shantymen; an obituary of Stan Hugill, from THE INDEPENDENT, 15 May 1992 and an extract copy from 'The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians' (1980), volume 17, giving a definition of 'Shanty' with origins, earliest references and categories.
Sub-folder: 'George Edward Marston (1882-1940)' includes hand written music scores; and 'Chapter XIV Chanties' from 'Memories of Antarctic Days' (1913) by G. E. Marston.
Sub-folder: 'Terry' includes copies from the OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY on Richard Runciman Terry (1864-1938), a choirmaster and music scholar; and extracts from 'Music and Letters' vol.1, No.1 ( January 1920) pp.35-44 on 'Sailor Shanties.'
Sub-folder: 'Grainger' includes 'The Perring Chanties- The Grainger English Folk Song Collection Numbers 400-407' by Jane O'Brien in STUDIES IN MUSIC, 14 (1980); music and lyrics for 'Storm Along' from JFS (1908) and 'Sailors' Chanties: Collected by Harry E. Piggott' from JFS, no.20 (1916).
Sub-folder: 'Hugill' includes 'The Old Man of the Sea Shanty' from THE GUARDIAN, 11 September 1992, an obituary of Stan Hugill. Hugill was considered the last of the Shantymen; an obituary of Stan Hugill, from THE INDEPENDENT, 15 May 1992 and an extract copy from 'The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians' (1980), volume 17, giving a definition of 'Shanty' with origins, earliest references and categories.
Sub-folder: 'George Edward Marston (1882-1940)' includes hand written music scores; and 'Chapter XIV Chanties' from 'Memories of Antarctic Days' (1913) by G. E. Marston.
Sub-folder: 'Terry' includes copies from the OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY on Richard Runciman Terry (1864-1938), a choirmaster and music scholar; and extracts from 'Music and Letters' vol.1, No.1 ( January 1920) pp.35-44 on 'Sailor Shanties.'
Record Details
| Item reference: | PMR/4/2; REG14/000580.22 PMR/22 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Artificial collections previously assembled |
| Level: | FILE |
| Extent: | 1 folder: containg 5 sub-folders |
| Date made: | 1908-1992 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Material relating to Shanties (part I) : Long Haul: A short History of Sea Shanties (Palmer, 2013), misc. articles and extracts. Collated by Mr Roy Palmer (Manuscript) (PMR/4/1)
- Material relating to Shanties (part II): Misc. shanties and other items, 'Grainger', 'Hugill', 'Marston', 'Terry'. Collated by Mr Roy Palmer. (Manuscript) (PMR/4/2)
- Material relating to Shanties (part III): Draft for book 'Cruising with Carpenter' along with articles, music, songs, research, correspondence and bibliography relating to this. Collated by Mr Roy Palmer (Manuscript) (PMR/4/3)
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