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- Title
'Probably the most widely known gipsy for many a mile around': The Life and Musical Activity of Thomas Boswell, aka Thomas 'Gypsy' Lewis (1838-1910).
- Authors
Chandler, Keith
- Abstract
It seems to be stating the obvious, but popular pre-twentieth-century cultural forms never existed in a vacuum and cannot be understood fully unless the lives of those who maintained and transmitted such artefacts are explored and presented in the greatest possible detail. To achieve this end the historian needs to mine the widest range of sources available. The present piece forms a component in an informal series of analytical biographical studies of individual tradition bearers active during the nineteenth century. The life experiences of a musician belonging to the extensive itinerant Romany community travelling a route across north Berkshire and Wiltshire are here laid bare and examined.
- Subjects
ROMANI music; ROMANI musicians; BOSWELL, Thomas; ANTIQUITIES; BIOGRAPHIES of musicians
- Publication
Folk Music Journal, 2011, Vol 10, Issue 1, p102
- ISSN
0531-9684
- Publication type
Article