'Music and Society in the Isle of Man, 1800-1860'
Date(s): February 2003
Creator(s): Thomas, Christopher
Scope & Content: 6,000 word, illustrated essay based on a study of archive sources submitted as coursework for the University of Liverpool MA in Manx Studies, based at the Centre for Manx Studies, Douglas. The author examines assertions in documentary and printed sources about the Manx and violins or fiddles and then investigates evidence for there being a distinctive Manx bowed, stringed instrument and whether previous conclusions drawn by researchers on this and related matters stand up to scrutiny.
Language: English
Extent: 1 file
Physical description: typescript
Item name: essay
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: FILE
ID number: MS 12121
Record class: Private
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