‘Jack is yet alive’: fiddle lessons in Shetland Isles schools, 1973–1985

Pamela  Swing

‘Jack is yet alive’: fiddle lessons in Shetland Isles schools, 1973–1985

Pamela Swing

Elphinstone Institute

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Abstract

In 1918, eight-year-old Tammie o’ Moarfield was sent for by his grandfather, who had heard he was trying out tunes on the fiddle.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ón gCos go Cluas
Subtitle of host publication	From Dancing to Listening
Editors	Liz Doherty, Fintan Vallely
Publisher	Aberdeen University Press
Chapter	31
Pages	266-274
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	978-1-85752-073-6
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	North Atlantic Fiddle Convention Conference - Northern Ireland, Derry/Londonderry, United Kingdom Duration: 27 Jun 2012 → 1 Jul 2012

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Name	Fiddle and Dance Studies from around the North Atlantic 5

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Conference	North Atlantic Fiddle Convention Conference
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Derry/Londonderry
Period	27/06/12 → 1/07/12

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