Princess Royal

A tune played on Lachenal English concertina (built circa 1891) and Lachenal Anglo concertina (built circa 1900). Played by Tom C and Barry Irwin

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Music

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• concertina
• Lachenal
• anglo
• folk
• music
• dance
• antique
• vintage
• musical
• instruements

[guywolff]

This is still one of my favorite YT clips !!! So glad to hear it again and again .. Yours Guy

[southcoastsounds]

@guywolff - Thanks Guy - glad you're still enjoying it.

[guywolff]

Just great . Ive had fun playing along on my crabb . Thanks to both of you . Guy Wolff

[southcoastsounds]

Thanks Guy - glad you enjoyed it - you're lucky to have a Crabb - a great instrument I am sure

[vanpablo79]

WTF, it is NOT anglo or English.... IT's Celtic! You English have no culture of your own so you pinch other peoples!

[southcoastsounds]

I haven't a clue what you are talking about. The concertina has no Celtic origins. The English system was invented by Londoner Charles Wheatstone in the 19thC, and the Anglo system is a short form of "Anglo-German" and originates in Germany. I will approve your comment just in case anyone else is in need of education about the concertina

[no5eyparker]

@vanpablo79 Shame on you! Not only is the Concertina and English invention this tune has been enjoyed all across the British Isles for centuries and nobody is so stupid as to claim a national origin for it! Shame shame shame on you!

Thank you to the poster for sharing this lovely performance of a fine old tune.

[Ptarmi]

Brilliant, now all you need to do is teach your Parrot to make Concertina noises! :-)

Really enjoyed the duet, by the way.

Cheers

Dick

[Ptarmi]

P.S. Vanpablo, I am a Scot, living in Ireland & I do consider myself Celtic, but I certainly would NOT wish to be associated with the bigoted views you express here.

If you are a Celt yourself, you shame the rest of us! :-(

Dick

[Ptarmi]

vanpablo79.

Without all the brilliant ENGLISH Concertina makers, including the brilliant & inventive minds of makers like Jeffries & Wheatstone himself, I dread to think what sort of feable instruments we'd all be trying to play today!

So HOORAY for the wonderful musical culture of the English, which brought to us all, these wonderful musical instruments.

Cheers

Dick

[Jongleurs1]

anyway, how can you say thhat bonny england has no culture?

just because irish folk monopolises the modern folk scene doesn't mean its better.

and by by celtic i assume you mean gaelic?

the concertina is undoubtably english.

relax and listen to some bellowhead

[Sortilegio1000]

!!!!!Tres bien, felicitations, bon continuation!!!!!

[mistermucky17]

Absolutely right, except that Wheatstone was a Gloucester man. There is a strong tradition in Ireland of playing Anglo German concertinas though, which goes back as long as the English tradition. Sailors and Irish players favoured the Anglo german, whereas classical musicians favoured the English concertia, as it's playable in any key. Was the princess royal a ship, by the way?