RYLSTONE PSALMODY
SING AND PLAY THE LOST CHURCH MUSIC OF THE DALES
A workshop for singers and players of orchestral and band instruments led by Paul Guppy
Cracoe Village Hall near Skipton
Saturday June 14th
10.00 – 16.00
Cost £20
Country Psalmody, or West Gallery Music, was the music of church choirs and bands known to Thomas Hardy and the Brontes in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 2024, a descendant of John Summerskill 1805 - 1883, parish clerk at Rylstone St Peter’s donated a manuscript of hymn tunes and anthems to Craven Museum. Evidence points to this having been written by John Summerskill and in use at St Peter’s until the 1850’s.
Paul Guppy has transcribed a selection of tunes from the manuscript which we plan to perform with singers and instrumentalists for the first time in over 150 years. Paul is a retired musical instrument repairer. For forty years he has been active in Lancaster’s musical life as a double bass and tuba player but particularly as leader of the “Gladly Solemn Sound” West Gallery Choir
Venue
Cracoe Village Hall, Cracoe, Skipton BD23 6LQ is just off the B6265 6 miles north of Skipton.
The hall has a large car park and is fully accessible.

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