Kresen Kernow holds a growing collection of recordings of Cornish music. This sound archive complements the books, pamphlets, newspapers, music programmes and leaflets which also offer insight into music in Cornwall. The sound archive includes recordings of brass bands, and Kresen Kernow is home to the John Brush brass band archive which provides a comprehensive record of these bands. The Cornish Music Archive consists of records collected by the Cornish Music Guild, 1987-2015, including original compositions, traditional music, hymns and carols. We also look after a variety of Cornish Christmas carol (or ‘curl’) books including Davies Gilbert’s ‘Some ancient Christmas carols’ which helped revive the tradition of carol singing, and books by Thomas Merritt, who composed many Cornish carols. We hold original manuscripts from some composers, and look after the records of Maria Yelland, a singer from Cornwall known as ‘The Cornish Contralto’. Kresen Kernow also looks after published collections of folk songs, as well as commercial recordings from Cornish artists such as Brenda Wootton.
Kresen Kernow a with kuntel ow tevi, a rekordyansow a ilow gernewek. An govskrifva son ma a gollenow an lyvrow, folenigow, paperyow nowodhow, towlennow ha lyvrigow ilow hag a brof ynwedh golok orth ilow yn Kernow. An govskrifva son a yssyns rekordyansow a vandys brest, ha Kresen Kernow yw tre rag kovskrifva band brest John Brush a brovi kovskrif leun a’n bandys ma. An Govskrifva Ilow Gernewek a gomprehend kovskrifow kuntellys gans Kowethas Ilow Gernewek, 1987-2015, y’ga mysk oberow derowel, ilow hengovek, hymnys ha karolyow. Ni a druedh ynwedh lyvrow divers a garolyow Nadelik kernewek, y’ga mysk ‘Some ancient Christmas carols’ gans Davies Gilbert a weresas gul dhe dhasvewa an hengov a gana karolyow, ha lyvrow gans Thomas Merritt, skrifor a lies karol kernewek. Ni a with mammskrifow derowel a nebes komposydhyon, ha truedhi an plasennow a Maria Yelland, kanores a Gernow aswonys avel ‘An Kontralto Kernewek’. Kresen Kernow a druedh ynwedh kuntellow dyllys a ganow gwerin, keffrys ha rekordyansow kenwerthel dhyworth artydhyon gernewek kepar ha Brenda Wootton.langbot langbot