England: history of the pipe and tabor
'Regency' players (1790-1829)
1787 satire![]() |
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1793 story “…At Charing Cross, a drunken fellow with. a pipe and tabor, had called together the idle and the vagabonds, ‘Life; or, the adventures of William Ramble, Esq. With three frontispieces, designed by Ibbetson, ... and two new and beautiful songs, with the music by Pleyel and Sterkel. by the author of Modern times; or, the adventures of Gabriel Outcast. In three volumes. ... 1793: Vol 2’ by Trusler, John |
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1801 engraving |
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1801 copy of a medieval player by Strutt ![]() |
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1801 The Queen visited Weeks Mechanical Museum in Tichbourne Street, London![]() |
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1807 at Sadlers Wells Theatre: ![]() J Wyber at Drury Lane Theatre: ‘A biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, musicians, dancers, managers & other stage personnel in London, 1660-1800,’ |
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1812 satire ![]() |
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1807 Martin Platts - "...may have been the "Platt" paid at Drury Lane Theatre on 6 June 1807 £5 15s. 6d . for playing "tabor & pipe." There was a Platts listed at Drury Lane as a band member, instrument unspecified, on a salary of £2 per week in 1812-13 and 1813-14, and £2 55. in 1815-16 and 1816-17. ..his son, also Martin, … it is perhaps likely that the subject of this entry was the Platts ... at the King's Theatre as a drummer in 1818. " ‘A biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, musicians, dancers, managers & other stage personnel in London, 1660-1800,’ |
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“On January 15, 1814, the river Tyne at Newcastle was completely frozen over. For several days, the ice Historical Account of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Including the Borough of Gateshead. |
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“A pipe and tabor player named Hilton entertained the households of the Dorking area in the early 19th century” ‘A Surrey Garland : customs, traditions and folk songs from the Surrey of yesteryear’, 2004 |
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1816 essay on Ball Room Musicians: Another thing that requires remark, is, that Musicians are seldom payed for their playing, without their Employers Thomas Wilson 1816 Companion to the Ball Room |
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