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Tune Books – in date sequence
See the Village Music Project - https://www.village-music-project.org.uk/

Humphrey Senhouse – Netherhall, 1747
Joseph Barnes – Holm Cultram, Carlisle 1762
Thomas Cowper – Dufton, 1764
Yarker – tbc, 1797 Query this.
James Lishman – Troutbeck Bridge, 1800
Rev Robert Harrison – Temple Sowerby 1810
Carlisle mss – Carlisle, 1812
Matthew Beetham – Towcett near Morland, 1815
J Wilson – Troutbeck bridge, 1833
Browne mss (Lishman, Wilson/Cook, Browne) – Troutbeck, first half 1800’s
John Rook – Wigton, 1840
William Irwin - Great Langdale, 1822-1889
Henry Stables – Walthwaite, Langdale, 1881

Dancing Masters -
References seen to dancing masters
George Stainton – Windermere 1883
Benjamin Wells snr – Whitehaven
William Hewitson – Burneside 1851
Ben Wells – Beckermet C19th
Mr Cowan – Whitehaven, Carlisle 1777
Mr Morrison – Nicholforest, Cumberland
Thomas Smith – Whitehaven 1811
Richard Green – Storth 1828
Edward Bibby – Muncaster early c20th
James Lishman – Troutbeck Bridge & Kendal 1777 – 1849
Mr Hope – Wigton 1843
William Tuite - ? 1844
Ben Jobson - ? early C19th
Mr Sinclair – Edenhall 1851
Thomas Casson – Underbarrow, early C20th

Fiddlers -
Blind Stag -
Jonathan Brammery - Lonsdale
Ben Wells – Beckermet C19th
Ben Jobson - ? early C19th
Dick o' the Dale – late C19th
William Tyson – Little Langdale 1755-1836 – researched by Ian Hodkinson, Levens
William Irwin – Great Langdale 1822-1889
Henry Stables – Walthwaite, Langdale, 1881
Gillespie – Keswick, taught Irwin
William ‘Bill’ Adams - Cumberland

Other musicians –
Tom Nelson – Ambleside concertina
Inman family – Underbarrow, 1932Jimmy “Whiskers” and son Jimmy fiddle: Bert accordion, organ and piano: Sally melodeon.

Dances –
- Cottagers - Investigated and recollected by Ethyl-Anderson from Miss Short of Ambleside in the 1950s. originally collected in 1939

- Cumberland Square Eight

- Westmorland Square Eight

- Cumberland Long Eight, Collected from Tom Moses, Referenced in Bonny Cumberland by John Offord

- Three Meet - ibid

- Cumberland Reel – ibid

- Cumberland Galopede – trad? Written by Michael Bell?

- Westmorland Six Reel/The Sylph
More than 40 members of [the] Lakeland Dialect Society attended thefirst meeting of the year, at Greenodd, near Ulverston. Miss Clara Boyle, of Ambleside, pressed for the inclusion of Cumbrian dances and eventually in 1932 the Westmorland Six Reel was accepted, however it was renamed 'The Sylph.' much to the disgust of a man from
Bowness who wrote a letter of protest in dialect to The Westmorland Gazette" the local weekly newspaper].
YouTube - This version of the Swedish Country Dance, known as ‘Six Reel Country Dance’ was collected by Maud Karpeles in 1929 in Braithwaite, Cumberland from Mr Burnett. Her notes can be found of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Website REF: MK/1/1/4587

- Scotch Reel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Gd4qzipeg
The Scotch Reel was collected from Roland Cowper of Whitehaven Cumbria by Joan and Tom Flett in 1960. Their original notation can be found on the Instep Website the reference is JTF_ET1_29_40. Mr Cowper told the Fletts that this dance was “usually done in place of the Highland Schottische, which nobody liked.” The music is ‘Nae Luck About the House’ one of two tunes (the other being The Keel Row) commonly associated with the Highland Fling or the Highland Schottische of which this dance is a variation

- Cumberland Canter or Circassian Circle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmgLhrth9I
Now more commonly known as Sicillian Circles, in the Nineteenth century couple facing couple dances were known as Circassian Circles. This Circassian Circle version was collected by the Fletts from Roland Cowper of Whitehaven, Cumbria in 1960. Their notes can be found on the Instep website REF: JTF_ET1_29_40 As no tune was noted with the dance the tune used for this workshop, played by John Kirtkpatrick is ‘Circassian Circle’ . This video was recorded at Chippenham Folk Festival 2019

- Six Reel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js4Kwvk2myw
In the early 19th century ‘Swedish Dances’ consisting of three dancers, became popular. These dances are normally attributed to dancing master GMS Chivers and were especially useful when there was an imbalance of sexes on the dance floor. A number of Swedish style dances were collected. This one known as ‘Swinging Six’ was collected by the Fletts from Mr and Mrs Akrigg of Dentdale in Yorkshire. Their transcription can be found on the Instep website REF: JTF_ET2_097_103 Elsewhere, the same style of dance was known as The Sylph, Swinging Six, and The Six Reel. It probably had other names too. This version of the Swedish Country Dance, known as ‘Six Reel Country Dance’ was collected by Maud Karpeles in 1929 in Braithwaite, Cumberland from Mr Burnett. Her notes can be found of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Website REF: MK/1/1/4587

Song -
Papers, books, and her PhD dissertation into folk song and other folk arts in Cumbria - https://independent.academia.edu/SueAllan1