JOHN SUGDEN. SALTERFORTH LANE HEAD
Posted: 05 Feb 2013, 04:52
I got interesting mail this morning and post it below. If anyone can help please post here. I've informed Edwin and advised him to register so he can respond.
Dear Stanley (if may!)
I have recently been given a manuscript music book once owned by John
Sugden, with the book label printed as above and stuck to the inside
front cover. The book contains music once sung in a church or chapel in
the area, some of it with apparently a strong Baptist content, although
this type of music was also used to a great extent in Anglican churches.
There is one particular composer whose music appears in the MS, this
being David Ellis of Morley. His music is quite ornate, written for
violins, bass (quite often an organ, but only on the bass line),
trumpet, and four-part singing.
Using Ancestry.co.uk I ave found various references to several John
Sugdens in the Barnoldswick area, but needless to say I cannot exactly
pin down which one was the owner of the book. Because of the printed
book plate, I suspect this may have been someone of greater substance
than a cotton weaver, possibly a farmer, and this description could fit
someone in the Lane End area.
About 12 months ago I did find on the web a long and fascinating article
about church and other music in the area, Earby I think was mentioned,
but dealing with the topic generally, but this seems to have evaporated,
and I failed to copy it first time around.
I have searched your excellent website, but don't seem to have come up
with anything which directly relates to any of this - apart from
articles on the Baptist history - and wondered if you might be able to
point me in any particular direction?
My wife and I run a west gallery quire up in Warwick (we live in
Oxford), so this music is of great interest to us, as we can perform it
from transcriptions made from the MS. There is a deal of social history
to unearth from this book, but I need to find a place from which to
start! Any information about these two men, and possible locations for
the performance of such music would be the greatest help.
Sincerely,
Edwin Macadam
http://www.immanuelsground.com
http://www.oxfordsacredharp.org
Dear Stanley (if may!)
I have recently been given a manuscript music book once owned by John
Sugden, with the book label printed as above and stuck to the inside
front cover. The book contains music once sung in a church or chapel in
the area, some of it with apparently a strong Baptist content, although
this type of music was also used to a great extent in Anglican churches.
There is one particular composer whose music appears in the MS, this
being David Ellis of Morley. His music is quite ornate, written for
violins, bass (quite often an organ, but only on the bass line),
trumpet, and four-part singing.
Using Ancestry.co.uk I ave found various references to several John
Sugdens in the Barnoldswick area, but needless to say I cannot exactly
pin down which one was the owner of the book. Because of the printed
book plate, I suspect this may have been someone of greater substance
than a cotton weaver, possibly a farmer, and this description could fit
someone in the Lane End area.
About 12 months ago I did find on the web a long and fascinating article
about church and other music in the area, Earby I think was mentioned,
but dealing with the topic generally, but this seems to have evaporated,
and I failed to copy it first time around.
I have searched your excellent website, but don't seem to have come up
with anything which directly relates to any of this - apart from
articles on the Baptist history - and wondered if you might be able to
point me in any particular direction?
My wife and I run a west gallery quire up in Warwick (we live in
Oxford), so this music is of great interest to us, as we can perform it
from transcriptions made from the MS. There is a deal of social history
to unearth from this book, but I need to find a place from which to
start! Any information about these two men, and possible locations for
the performance of such music would be the greatest help.
Sincerely,
Edwin Macadam
http://www.immanuelsground.com
http://www.oxfordsacredharp.org