Traditional music in England
Bill House interview, part 08
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Type
sound
Duration
00:02:08
Cultures
English
Subjects
English folk songs and music (Dorset)
Recording date
1986-04-05
Is part of (Collection)
Nick and Mally Dow Collection
Recording locations
Beaminster, Dorset, England, UK
Interviewees
House, Bill, 1900- (speaker, male)
Interviewers
Dow, Mally, 1944- (speaker, female), Dow, Nick (speaker, male)
Recordist
Dow, Mally
Abstract
Bill House talks about playing the melodeon and then having to learn to read music when in the brass band, which he was in until he was seventy.
Description
Interviewee notes: Retired hurdlemaker and thatcher and his son
Metadata record:
Bill House interview, part 08
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