Traditional Music

Data underpinning ‘A map of the pibroch landscape, 1760–1841’

Data underpinning ‘A map of the pibroch landscape, 1760–1841’

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This database includes bibliographical and summary details of over 200 printed sources of Scottish fiddle music from before 1850. Most of the sources are substantial printed collections, but the database also includes some of the hundreds of surviving single-sheet publications. 22 sources have been digitised and indexed complete.
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100 Ballads

100 Ballads

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Broadside ballads were single-sheet songs that sold for a penny a piece. This website concentrates on over 100 resoundingly successful examples that you can investigate through recordings, images and a wealth of other materials. Whether you are interested in music, art, love, gender, tragedy, politics, family life, crime, history, humour or death, you will find something to engage you here.
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