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Updates to William Winter's Quantocks Tune Book


In July 2007 the Society published William Winter's Quantocks Tune Book. A book and CD of tunes from the Winter manuscript which includes biographical information on William Winter and notes on the tunes by Geoff Woolfe. The CD includes 13 tracks from the Book played by Robert Harbron, Nancy Kerr, Miranda Rutter and Tim Van Eyken

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An alphabetical index to the William Winter MSS is now available for download (224kb)
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28 December 2007
A revised alphbetical index to the tunes is now available.
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Page 21 of the MSS contains the Waltz in A.
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Page 49 of the book
Tune number 123, Marionet's Cotillion, is similar to Captain Lanoe's Quick March in The Sussex Tune Book ( EFDSS 1982).
( from the Aylmore ms West Wittering)
28 September 2007
Page 92 of the book
Tune number 243, Bury’s Quadrille no 2 key is D and not as shown
9 September 2007
Page 25 of the book
Tune number 37, Hallow Fain key is D and not as shown
9 September 2007
page 135 (Index) of the Book;
tune number 360 Merry Andrew in 4/4 time has been omitted from the index and is on page 126
6 September 2007
page 76 of the book;
Tune number 199 Hornpipe in G (from page 8 of the short section).
This is the same, with variants, as Miss Menager's Hornpipe, found in
  • Merryweather and Settle (ed) Lawrence Leadley, the fiddler of Helperby
  • Clarke's ms from Norfolk 1820-58
  • The Coleford Jig ( ed Burgess/Monteith) in Chris Beaumonts ms (as Miss Menages Hornpipe)
The tune can also found be in the Hardcore English collection
(EFDSS 2007)
23 August 2007
page 80 of the book
Tune number 211 Stoney Steps Hornpipe
B part, bar 4; the C natural could be played as a C#
23 August 2007
page 81 of the book
Tune number 215 York Hornpipe
A part, bar 8 The C natural could be played as a C#
23 August 2007
cover of william winer quantock tune book

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