Difference between revisions of "Stan Treacy"
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| − | Stan Treacy, Limerick, NSW provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive. | + | Stan Treacy, Limerick, NSW provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, as recorded by [[John Meredith]]. |
| − | Limerick is a rural locality near Crookwell NSW where Stan had a farm | + | "Stan was born in 1900, and grew up in the Limerick district. Stan was a fiddler, and played for his first dance at the age of thirteen. His playing was very rhythmic with a dance beat in it that he obtained by means of a brief and slightly increased pressure on the bow for each beat in the bar." |
| + | -- (adapted from) J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p66. | ||
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| + | Limerick is a rural locality near Crookwell NSW where Stan had a farm. | ||
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Revision as of 19:19, 2 March 2025
Stan Treacy, Limerick, NSW provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, as recorded by John Meredith.
"Stan was born in 1900, and grew up in the Limerick district. Stan was a fiddler, and played for his first dance at the age of thirteen. His playing was very rhythmic with a dance beat in it that he obtained by means of a brief and slightly increased pressure on the bow for each beat in the bar." -- (adapted from) J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p66.
Limerick is a rural locality near Crookwell NSW where Stan had a farm.
