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Here Northumbria is defined as Northumberland, the northernmost county of England, and County Durham.According to 'World Music: The Rough Guide', "nowhere is the English living tradition more in evidence than the border lands of Northumbria, the one part of England to rival the counties of the west of Ireland for a rich unbroken tradition. [1]
Musicians from County Durham (38 P) P. Players of Northumbrian smallpipes (27 P) Pages in category "Music of Northumbria" The following 21 pages are in this category ...
Mark Elder (born 1947), British conductor, currently the music director of The Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England; Wilfred Gibson (born 1945), violinist with the Electric Light Orchestra; John Peacock (c. 1756 – 1817), Northumbrian smallpipes player; Sting (born 1951), singer with The Police and multi-Grammy Award winning solo artist
The High Level Ranters have been playing traditional music and song from North East England for nearly 40 years, becoming one of the most influential groups of the British folk revival. For many years they were the only group featuring the Northumbrian smallpipes in their performances, and are thus responsible for introducing many of today's ...
Pages in category "Musicians from Northumberland" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
His interest in music was largely historical, and in editing the Northumbrian Minstrelsy he co-operated with John Stokoe. The article Music of Northumbria credits Stokoe with copying out, in 1850, some of the tunes from John Smith's tunebook of 1750, a book now long lost, and the pair creating this comprehensive collection of old Northern Songs.
Kathryn Tickell's Northumbria, another documentary, appeared in 2006. In 1997, Tickell founded the Young Musicians Fund of the Tyne and Wear Foundation to provide money to young people in northeastern England who wanted to learn music. She founded the Festival of the North East and from 2009 to 2013 was the artistic director of Folkworks. [6]
The Northumbria Anthology is a non-profit making organisation which relies upon sales and revenue. Brian and Helen Mawson of Newcastle label Mawson & Wareham asked Geordie musician Johnny Handle to compile the material, mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries. From this archive of over 3000 titles, they chose the tracks that would be recorded for the first part of the anthology; a twenty CD ...