Nansavallen from the manuscript of John Giddy, as played at the Benbow Cornish Session in Penzance Septemeber 2021
See Cornish Session Tunes Project
Notes
From “Echoes of Old Kea: Extracts from the Musical Notebook of John Giddy, Gentleman” by Mike O’Connor. This minuett is found on page 6 of John Giddy’s manuscripts and is unnamed. Nansavallen was one of John Giddy’s farms. There is no date on the manuscript but it is likely to have been mid 18th century.
Echoes of Old Kea is published by Lyngham House, St Ervan,Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 7RT
Kresen Kernow Shelf Number: 780.14237
For more about Cornish Session Tunes
Racca: Cornish Tunes for Cornish Sessions Project 1995-97
Fooch 1 & 2 Favourite Cornish Session and Dance Tunes – Neil Davey
Prys Ton: Cornish Session Tunes – An Daras Folk Arts Project
Cornish Trad -Discovering Cornish Traditional Music