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Free Newsletter - Final Issue, December, 2004.

• Who was Barbara Allan?   (January, 2003)
• Why did Stenka Razin drown his beloved new bride?   (November, 2002)
• A Californian Gold Rush song from the Hanseatic Port of Hamburg?  (September, 2002)
• Robert Burns wrote a poem about a man called McPherson (the robber
  son of a nobleman and a gypsy girl), who had a 6 foot long sword and
  played the violin. The sword still exists, but McPherson played his violin
  to the crowd and then smashed it just before he was hanged.
• The modern violin is a direct descendant of the bowed rebec.
• Who were the Shakers? What were their "Simple Gifts"?  (July, 2002)
• Why should "Amazing Grace" be harmonized using pentatonic harmony (February, 2004)
  and why should "Santa Lucia" be harmonized using mainly
  3rds and 6ths, rather than 3rds and 5ths?
• What is a Scotch Snap? What is an Hungarian Snap? (No, they're not
  something to eat! ...But I found a good recipe for Brandy Snaps!)  (June, 2002)
• Which 16th Century English Christmas Carol ends on a Tierce de
  Picardie? (What is a Tierce de Picardie?)   (May, 2002)
• Which Bell called Dick Whittington back to become Lord Mayor of London?
  (Yes, it' a true story! He was Lord Mayor four times.)  (March, 2003)
• What happened Nine Miles from Gundagai? Where is Gundagai? (September, 2003)
• Which tune is (notoriously) played by a bagpiper with a hangover?
• Why did 18th century milkmaids have such beautiful complexions,
  while society ladies often did not?  (May, 2003)

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