West Gallery Music in Cornwall
Harry Woodhouse, author of Face the Music, and a long article on WG music in Cornwall in Cornish Studies, Second Series, No. 1, writes here about the results of his 20 […]
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Gallery Psalmody in Scottish Kirks
David Welch Revised from an article in Different Voices, Issue 3, May 2009. This article tells about the music of Presbyterian churches in Scotland between the closing of the era of
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Church Music in NE Scotland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
by David Welch In 1690 the Church of Scotland divided, an event that significantly affected sacred music in the next two centuries. The thirteen Scottish bishops had their authority rejected
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An Itinerant Singing Teacher in Newcastle in the 1840s
Paul Gailiunas Joseph Mainzer was born in Trier in 1801, and was ordained in 1826, becoming the singing master in the seminary in Trier two years later. He attracted the
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The Torrington Diaries
by Tony Singleton Reprinted from an article in West Gallery no.41, Spring 2007 Most summers from 1781 to 1794, John Byng, became a tourist and travelled from London through some
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Decay in the English Church:
The Rise and Fall of the West Galleries Ken Baddley Reproduced from an article in West Gallery no.8. We are fortunate that we are relatively well supplied with information relating to West
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Rules for Singers – Lancashire and Kent
1. The Mass House Quire by Chris Gardner Reprinted from an article in West Gallery no.16, May 2000 Nowadays, we have a goodly amount of information relating to both Anglican
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Prayer-book Parish Churches
Gordon Ashman Reprinted from an article in West Gallery no.6, Spring 1994 For nearly years 300 our forbears worshipped in ‘prayer-book’ churches; churches which were built or reshaped in the spirit of
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Introduction to West Gallery Music
Gordon Ashman, Co-Director with Dave Townsend of the West Gallery Music Association during its formative years, writes about the history and origins of West Gallery Music CONTENTS Introduction During the
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Resources for Researchers
Some useful links and indexes for researchers of West Gallery Music are given below. Researchers’ Register of Interests Below is a list of people who are actively researching aspects of
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Workshop Leaders
The following WGMA members are some of the experienced leaders who are available to lead workshops around the country. Ken Baddley: BEDFORDSHIRE. Mike Bailey: HAMPSHIRE Sally Drage: CHESHIRE Paul Gailiunas: