Recorded by Ralph Dunstan from the singing of Jim Thomas, Camborne, November 23, 1931.
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
Various sources record that street carolling occurred in Roseland villages with choirs going door to door, or from place to place. This book captures some of the carols connected with the Roseland.
Examines the English Folk Revival and and Cornish Folk traditions as competing "Speech Communities"
“Children of Life” was written to commission the opening of a new purpose built music suite at The Roseland School, Tregony, Cornwall and was first performed at the inaugural concert 8th July 1988.
A funeral hymn appears in the Cornish National Music Archive as Galargan Kostentin – the Constantine in Kerrier Funeral Hymn.1 The notation appears twice; both are unison settings in G minor with essentially the same words. Unfortunately, the annotations to these settings are not the clearest. The purpose of this
Neb kanow gerys-da yn Kernewek / Some popular songs in Cornish. Oberi yn keskowethyans gans Lowender / Working in partnership with Lowender: Cornwall My Home, Lamorna, Trelawny, Camborne Hill, Little Lise , Dancing Day , Cadgwith Anthem, Maggie May, Sweet Nightingale, White Rose, Nelsons Blood, Farewell Shanty.
Cornish Music Symposium Feb 2021:
Gwenno discusses her inspiraitons and experiences as a Cornish Language Performer ; Seamas Carey Explores the enigma thta is Apex Twin ; Chris Trevena talks about his Sounds Like Cornwall video project.
Carrl Myriad Tregoning was an Australian rock and folk musician. He derived a sense of Celtic identity from his father who was Cornish.
From the Cledry Plays collected and written by Robert Morton Nance, the Cornish Language scholar and revivalists during the early part of the 20th Century.