John Scarber Dobson Musical Scores
In 1864, John Scarber Dobson prepared a handwritten book of 90 pages of dance music for the fiddle. These images show some sample pages
The Three Loom System
In the 1830s, most handloom weavers worked 2 looms.
It is thought that, some time before 1860, they were required to work
3 looms, and this piece of music might have been in protest of this
change.
[Composer unknown]
This image [SDB8.JPG] was kindly submitted by Stephen Dobson
Burnley Sett
This is the first of 11 tunes in the Burnley Sett collection
[Composer unknown]
This image [SDB9.JPG] was kindly submitted by Stephen Dobson
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Malcolm Bull
2022
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