Cornish musical heritage is underpinned by the publication of an ever increasing number of music scores, pamphlets, tune books, song sheets, edited collections and  Cornish music social histories. A catalogue of Cornish music publications such as this is necesarily an on-going project and we are always pleased to receive details of relevant material. The simplest way to do this is to send us an email via our contact page  with the publication details in the format of the table below, i.e. author/ title / publisher / date / brief description / plus ISBN and Kresen Kernow references if available.

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Cornish Music Publications

Author	Title	Publisher	Date	Description	ISBN	Kresen Kernow Ref
Hilary Coleman, & Sally Burley	Shout Kernow: Celebrating Cornwall's Pub Songs	Frances Boutle, London	2015	Book based on a project called Shout Kernow, undertaken in 2012 by Hilary Coleman and Sally Burley. The project aimed to record, celebrate and help sustain the living tradition of pub singing in Cornwall. Contains music scores and 2 CDs.	978103427972	Shelf number: 781.62
Inglis Gundry	Canow an Weryn Hedhyu: Cornish Folk Songs of Today	Lodenek Press, Padstow	1979	69 songs in Cornish, Cornish Dialect and English. Contemporary compositions including Gorsedh Kernow song competition entries.		Shelf number: 780.14237
Richard McGrady	Traces of Ancient Mystery:The Ballad Carols of Davies Gilbert and William Sandys	Institute of Cornish Studies, Exeter University	1993	21 carols with music and 27 carol texts from the early 19th century collections	0903686686	Shelf number: 780.57
Robert John Noall	Cornish Patriotic and Dialect Songs	W. & J. Jacobs: St Ives	1934	Lyrics and score for 7 songs composed for Old Cornwall Society singing sessions.		Shelf no: 780.14237
Geoffrey Self	Music in West Cornwall - A Twentieth Century Mirror	Geoffrey Self	1997	The story 100 years of music in west Cornwall	0953010902	Shelf no: 788.26
Harry Woodhouse	The Serpent	Harry Woodhouse	2003	The Story of the Serpent		Shelf no. 785.19
Harry Woodhouse	Face the Music	Cornish Hillside Publications	1997	Church and Chapel Bands in Cornwall	1900147076	Shelf no. 784.6
Tony Mansell	St Agnes and its Band	Trelease Publications	2003	The Story of Brass Bands in St Agnes	0954558316	Shelf no. 786.8
Monty Pearce & Denzil Richards	Still Blawin'			A History of Bands and Banding in Redruth		Shelf no. 786.8
Tony Mansell	Camborne Town Band	Trelease Publications	2005	History of Camborne's Bands	0954558359	Shelf no. 786.8
Roy Blewett	Four Lanes Male Choir 1944 to 2012	Four Lanes Male Voice Choir	2013	Four Lanes Male Choir History		Shelf no. 785.9508
Tony Mansell	Camborne Town Band 2006 - 2011	Trelease Publications	2011	History of Camborne's Bands 2006 - 2011
West of England Bandsmen's Festival	Fiftieth West of England Bandsmen's Festival	West of England Bandsmen's Festival	1974	Golden Jubilee Souvenir		Shelf no. 786.8
West of England Bandsmen's Festival	West of England Bandsmen's Festival Centenary	West of England Bandsmen's Festival	2012	Centenary Book - Bugle 2012
Dick Cole	Indian Queens Band - A Photographic History	Dick Cole	2004	Indian Queens Band History		Shelf no. 786.8
Alison Davey& Mike O'Connor	Dancing Above Par: The dances of John Old 1808	Lingham House Music, Wadebridge	2006	Dances from the notebook of John Old a dancing master from Par in the early 19th century	ISBN 1 903963 21 4	Shelf number: 780.14237
Ralph Dunstan	Cornish Dialect and Folk Song	Jordans Bookshop, Truro	1932	A sequel to Dunstan's Lyver CAnow Kernewek - Cornish songbook. Songs from oral tradition dialect.
Alison, Jowdy & Merv Davey	Scoot Dances, Troyls, Furrys and Tea Treats: The Cornish Dance Tradition	Francis Boutle & Co, London	2009	History of Cornish dance, instructions and music for 50 dances.	ISBN 978 1 903427 47 7	Shelf number: 793.3194237
Fiona C R Pendray	pinnock/">120 Years in Cornwall with St Pinnock Band	Polpentre Printers	1986	St Pinnock Band History		Shelf no. 942.374
	Indian Queens Prize Silver Band 125th Anniversary Souvenir BookletIndian Queens Prize Silver Band 125th Anniversary Souvenir Booklet		1981	Indian Queens Band 125th Souvenir Booklet
	Carharrack & St Day Silver Band 65th Anniversary	Carharrack & St Day Silver Band	1977	Carharrack & St Day Band History		Shelf no. 786.8
	Carharrack & St Day Silver Band 75th Anniversary	Carharrack & St Day Silver Band	1987	Carharrack & St Day Band History		Shelf no. 786.8
	day/">Carharrack & St Day Silver Band 85th Anniversary	Carharrack & St Day Silver Band	1997	Carharrack & St Day Band History		Shelf no. 786.8
S J Stephens	St Stythians Male Voice Choir		2008	St Stythians Male Voice Choir History
W R Gluyas	A Short History of St Stythians Silver Band		1978	St Stythians Silver Band History		Shelf no. 786.8
	Pendeen Silver Band 1892-1992	Pendeen Silver Band	1992	Pendeen Silver Band Souvenir Programme		Shelf no. 786.8
Denzil Stephens	Banding is my Life (St Dennis Silver Band)		2007	Denzil Stephens		Shelf no. 784.9092
	St Breward Silver Band 1899-1999		1999	St Breward Silver Band
	Bodmin's Brass		1977	Bodmin Brass Band
Roy Jackson	St Keverne Silver Band - Biography of the first 100 years		1996	St Keverne Band		Shelf no. 786.8
Mike Hartland	25 Cornish Dances	Mike Hartland	2006	25 Dances and music written by Mike Hartland		Ref 793.3194237
Mike Hartland	Furries and Circles	Mike Hartland	2011	19 Furry dances and Circle dances written by Mike Hartland		Shelf number:   780.14237
Mike O'Connor & Barbara Griggs	The Quay Street Harper	Lyngham House,	2021	The Muisc book of Denise Nankivell - 19th Century music in Cornwall		Shelf no 780.14237
Mike O'Connor	Echoes of Old Kea	Lygnham House	2001	Extracts from the music notebook of John Giddy 18th Century Cornwall		Shelf no:   780.14237
Alison Davey	Shallal	An Daras	2003	Cornish Dances for early years - 3- 7 years olds.		793.3194237 Cornish reference