From the Pulpit to the Pub: the Eighteenth-Century Carol Singing Revival

Within the eighteenth century, rebelling against the previous Puritan control, parishes formed gallery bands and choirs and once more filled their churches with music. In particular, they inspired a prolific carol-singing tradition and their carols can still be heard in the pubs and village squares of Yorkshire and the Midlands today. This course will explore how the practices of the original gallery bands have been contemporarily revived and will be interspersed with informal traditional carol-singing.

Hannah Rodger BA MA ATCL

• Term: Autumn
• Day: Saturday
• Start Date: 08 December 2018
• Time: 1-4pm
• No. of weeks: 1
• Course fee: £22.00

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