Irish and English musical origins: accordion playing with Melvin Combden, Seldom-Come-By
Melvin Combden states that a lot of Newfoundland music comes from "over there," meaning Ireland and England, but mostly from Ireland. Most of the music that Melvin knows comes from people on Fogo Island. He also discusses the influence of Harry Hibbs, the radio, television, old records (&q...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_cn/744 2023-12-31T10:12:57+01:00 Irish and English musical origins: accordion playing with Melvin Combden, Seldom-Come-By Power, Maureen Osborne, Evelyn, 1975- Combden, Melvin Melvin Combden lives on Fogo Island in the community of Seldom-Come-By. Born in 1944, he was originally from Wild Cove, which was resettled by the government during the 1950-60s. He has three children, two boys and a girl. His wife, Velma, is also from Fogo Island. Melvin is a builder and is currently building punts. He also teaches traditional row punt building at the Fogo Central Academy High School. He used to fish with his father and his brother out of Seldom-Come-By, but when the fishery closed he took a course in carpentry in order to get his trade papers. Melvin's father was a boat builder which is how he and his brother, also a boat builder, learned the trade. Melvin picked up the accordion as a young boy in Wild Cove and continues to play today, including at festivals on Fogo Island. Canada--Newfoundland--Fogo Island--Seldom-Come-By Canada--Newfoundland--Fogo Island--Seldom-Come-By 2007-07-18 video/wmv 02:47 minutes; 33.7 MB http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/744 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage - Central Newfoundland ICHFP00147 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/744 Memorial University of Newfoundland. Folklore and Language Archive. Fogo Island Collection 2007-225 Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Music and song Combden Melvin Irish--Music English--Music Moving Image Video 2007 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z Melvin Combden states that a lot of Newfoundland music comes from "over there," meaning Ireland and England, but mostly from Ireland. Most of the music that Melvin knows comes from people on Fogo Island. He also discusses the influence of Harry Hibbs, the radio, television, old records ("78's") and CDs; also Wilf Doyle. Moving Image (Video) Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Melvin Combden states that a lot of Newfoundland music comes from "over there," meaning Ireland and England, but mostly from Ireland. Most of the music that Melvin knows comes from people on Fogo Island. He also discusses the influence of Harry Hibbs, the radio, television, old records ("78's") and CDs; also Wilf Doyle. |
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Combden, Melvin Melvin Combden lives on Fogo Island in the community of Seldom-Come-By. Born in 1944, he was originally from Wild Cove, which was resettled by the government during the 1950-60s. He has three children, two boys and a girl. His wife, Velma, is also from Fogo Island. Melvin is a builder and is currently building punts. He also teaches traditional row punt building at the Fogo Central Academy High School. He used to fish with his father and his brother out of Seldom-Come-By, but when the fishery closed he took a course in carpentry in order to get his trade papers. Melvin's father was a boat builder which is how he and his brother, also a boat builder, learned the trade. Melvin picked up the accordion as a young boy in Wild Cove and continues to play today, including at festivals on Fogo Island. |
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Irish and English musical origins: accordion playing with Melvin Combden, Seldom-Come-By |
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Irish and English musical origins: accordion playing with Melvin Combden, Seldom-Come-By |
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Irish and English musical origins: accordion playing with Melvin Combden, Seldom-Come-By |
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Memorial University of Newfoundland. Folklore and Language Archive. Fogo Island Collection 2007-225 Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory |
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