Clapham Town End Manuscript
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Clapham Town End Manuscript
Classmark: LAVC/FLF/14/1/3/12
Creator(s): Buck, Charles William (1851-1932)
Date(s): [1960s-1970s]
Size and medium: 1 file of photocopied papers.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/410781
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
This file contains a photocopy of an ms. collection of song texts and tunes, made by Dr. Charles William Buck of Giggleswick (North Yorkshire), ca. 1885-1902. Many of the songs appear to have been harmonised by Edward Elgar. Includes
- Clapham Town End (harmonised by Edward Elgar, and including printed text)
- Rosslyn
- Si tu savais comme je t'aime
- Siduleus
- The Rifalda
- The Demon Musician (printed text and tune from the Musical Times for January 1902)
- Old Hunting Song of Squire Ingleby (traditional tune of Mrs. Grace Buck, harmonised by R. B. Watson, 1905)
- The Long Days and Years (by John Hay, harmonised by Edward Elgar, 31 August 1885)
- The Oddfellow's Wife (tune of Charles William Buck, harmonised by Edward Elgar, 1885)
- Ah! Can I E'er Forget!(composed by G. A. Moorhouse of Bradford, August 1874)
- Dreams
- An Old Irish Wheel
- The Hunting Parson (with typed text)
- Push Dem Clouds Away
- [Indian Love Song] (by Hope Squire, July 1899; copied 13 August 1901)
- The Boy and the Rosebud (by Hope Squire)
- Old Adam (with typed text, and note Sung by Betty Stockdale of Gk. [i.e. Giggleswick] at weddings)
- Leeds Old Church (with ms. text on separate sheet)
- Pace Egg Mummer's Song (harmonised by Edward Elgar, 12 September 1885)
- Ye That Are Weary (by Hope Squire, September1901)
- Out on the Rocks (by C. H. Dolby, harmonised by Edward Elgar, 9 September 1885)
- For Ever and For Ever
File contents retained in the order as found.
Biography or history
Charles William Buck was a Settle doctor with a keen interest in music. After graduating in London and returning to Settle, he was introduced to Edward Elgar through a mutual friend, John Beare. Buck and Elgar subsequently enjoyed a lasting friendship based on a mutual love of music and the outdoors. Buck himself was a cellist and viola player, and conducted the Settle Orchestra.
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