Скачать с ютуб TSF Online 64 (16 Jun 24) в хорошем качестве

TSF Online 64 (16 Jun 24)

Three presentations were given at this meeting: Paul Mansfield ‘Performers with a capital P? Traditional singing and its presumed contrast with popular music performance’ Singing by traditional performers may be assumed to have an unaffected and uncomplicated character, in contrast to the kinds of artifice often associated with popular music. But how great is the gap, and how does it manifest itself in different situations and at different times? Starting from the point that traditional songs need to be sung as well as studied as texts, I hope to provide a refreshed perspective on traditional song and stimulate discussion. I will revisit the concept of ‘performer persona’ and consider ways in which it applies similarly or differently in the traditional and popular contexts. The second concept I’ll examine is the idea that traditional singing has a kind of ego-less quality compared to the professional singing of popular songs. The paper treats this idea as a stereotype that can be unpicked in various ways. Lastly, the presentation will cover the question of influences from other genres and singing styles over time, and whether the consequent effects co-exist with countervailing tendencies to dictate norms about the singing of the repertoire. I hope the presentation will provoke some debate about what it might mean to sing traditional songs ‘traditionally’! Katie Howson ‘The Singing Pubs of Suffolk’ At the TSF Spring Conference in Stowmarket in April, Steve Roud said to me: ‘I’m always amazed by how much you know about the pubs of Suffolk!’ That comment, together with the presentations that day about the iconic Suffolk music pub, the Blaxhall Ship, set me thinking. I decided to try and collate all the evidence about pubs in my home county which hosted singing and music sessions, to reveal a more detailed picture of these public spaces used - amongst many other community functions - for traditional entertainment. This is a survey-in-progress, but I look forward to sharing both my broader findings and a few audio and video clips from some lesser known pubs with strong singing and music traditions. If you haven’t seen the film ‘Here’s a Health to the Barley Mow’ made by Peter Kennedy in the Blaxhall Ship in 1955, it would be good to watch that before or after the talk. It last 20 minutes, and is available free to view on the East Anglian Film Archive website: https://eafa.org.uk/work/?id=1340 Richard Spencer 'Stumpy Bill and the Song Hunters' I have been working for some time on a study of folk singers, song collectors and the poor-law union workhouse, and in doing so came across a gentleman called William Colcombe, living in the early 1900s in Weobley workhouse in Herefordshire. This study will look at his life using official records, and then at what the collectors’ notes can add to this. It will examine the songs, tunes and texts collected from him. In particular, it will examine and compare what the collectors recorded and how accurately, what techniques and tools they used, what material they took and what they made of it, and perhaps gain a little insight into their intentions and motivations.