England: history of the pipe and tabor
Victorian taborers (1830 - 1900)
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| Also see: |
| double pipes |
| morris dance |
| pandean pipes |
| 'piper' - Regency and Victorian terminology |
| street entertainers |
| 'tabber / taberer' |
| 'whittle and dub' |
| Cecil Sharp, morris pipe and tabor |
1872 advertisement for an entertainment at Crystal Palace ‘Comical Ballet Extraordinary’ which included “Sports and Pastimes of the 15th century, such as Pipe and Tabor” Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle - Saturday 13 April 1872 |
1872 Salisbury and South Wilts Museum – third annual loan collection ‘Mrs Mayo sends a superb pair of figures, the male playing on pipe and tabor the female on the triangle’ Salisbury and Winchester Journal - Saturday 29 June 1872 [for examples of these figures see here] |
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