Examples: dance, Trelawney, Redruth

Cornish Music
Le rag oll ilow ha ilewydhyon kernewek
A place for all Cornish music and musicians

The Cornish National Music Archive aims to collect together information about musical cultures in Cornwall and its diasporic communities – from step-dancing to brass bands, electronica to folk sessions, and Christmas carols to bagpipes. It is for everybody to use, to learn from, and to contribute to.

Latest project: Music Of The Roseland

Throughout 2024, the CNMA team are working with The Roseland Music Society and St Gerrans and Porthscatho Old Cornwall Society to develop a project that celebrates the musical heritage of the Roseland peninsula – one of Cornwall’s most rural areas.

Over the course of the year we’ll be running a series of events, workshops, performances to bring local music to local communities.

We are also working with local schools, musicians and community groups to gather together information about the musical life of the Roseland.

Check out the project homepage to find out more!

Recently Added Contents
Recently Added Contents
Recently Added Contents
Kan Pyskador Kernewek / Can Pyscajor Kernewek / The Cornish Fisherman's Hymn, written by Henry Jenner to the tune of "The Pilgrims of the Night" by Henry Smart. First published in Lyver Canow Kernewek - The Cornish Song Book edited by Ralph Dunstan 1929. We are grateful to Father Ross
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‘St Mabena’s Hymn’ by Angela Bunney
We heard recently from Tamsin Bunney Ford, who wanted to add two songs to the archive which were written by her mother: this, ‘St Mabena’s Hymn’, and another song titled ‘Cornish Lanes’. Angela died in 2024. Most people knew her as Angela Bunney; she was part of the ’60s Thames
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‘Cornish Lanes’ by Angela Bunney
We heard recently from Tamsin Bunney Ford, who wanted to add two songs to the archive which were written by her mother: this, Cornish Lanes, and St Mabena’s Hymn. Click here to listen to Tamsin singing this song. Angela died in 2024. Most people knew her as Angela Bunney; she
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