Van Bramers Jig 001

Comment by Al Smitley on May 28, 2012 at 6:43am

Can a date be placed on this manuscript?

Comment by Ian Bell on May 28, 2012 at 7:00am

Love the three takes on this tune. Musically, it seems like a real Afro-Celtic mash-up.

Comment by Tim Twiss on May 28, 2012 at 1:02pm

Maybe Al, but not from any information I have.

Comment by Bob Winans on May 29, 2012 at 9:35am

An approximate range is the best we can do regarding the date of this Emmett manuscript: 1845-1860. That dating is based mostly on the appearance in other period documents of a number of the tunes in the manuscript. Safe enough to call it "pre-Civil War." "Van Bramer's Jig" shares many characteristics with other tunes in the manuscript, and it is a good tune to work up for joint playing at AEBG because it will stretch the boundaries of your playing technique and your sense of what "period" music could be (it always reminds me of klezmer music).

Comment by Tim Twiss on May 29, 2012 at 9:57am

I wish I could remember where I referenced Van Bramer's name. Playing with.....? Might have been in the Converse Rem.

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