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Description: | This photograph shows two members of the famous Northumbrian piping family, the Cloughs. The date of the photograph is not known, but if we consider the ages of the two musicians, we can estimate that it was taken around the turn of the century. The Cloughs are perhaps one of the region's most influential piping families and have a musical legacy dating back at least 5 generations.In this photograph we see Henry Clough (1855-1936) shortly before his death in 1936. The Clough family are perhaps one of the region's most influential piping families and have a musical legacy dating back at least 5 generations. Henry was, like his father Thomas, a pitman and lived in the Newsham area. The first of the family to receive any formal schooling, he recorded much of his repertoire in notebooks, some of which still survive today. Henry achieved success at many piping competitions and had an active circle of pupils from the surrounding area. He was made Vice-President of the Northumbrian Pipers' Society in 1928 where he assisted with competitions, judging and demonstrations. The Cloughs also had links with many of the well known pipe-makers of the region, in particular James Reid and Robert Hall, and their influence on local piping cannot be underestimated.The picture forms part of a collection held by Beamish Museum. The photographs come from various sources and range in date from 1880 to 1932. Amongst the subjects are famous Northumbrian pipers Tom Green and Thomas Clough, as well as local composer and character Tommy Armstrong. The collection also includes some of the earliest photographs of clog and rapper dance teams and provides a rare visual archive of traditional music at this time. ; A collection of photographs of North-East composers, musicians and performers from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. ; | Publisher: | Blyth ; Northumberland | Rights holder: | rights holder : Beamish Museum | Subjects: | musicians & musical instruments & pipers | Temporal: | start=1901;end=1940; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:B0701701 | Go to resource |
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