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* The Stream I Go A-Fishing In ì PDF Read by ^ Chester Brigham eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. The Stream I Go A-Fishing In He produced musical variety shows that filled Cooper Union’s Great Hall again and again. Always, though, Watson kept his values straight, playing to audiences of ordinary people for modest admission charges, and counting his old fishing shipmates among his most steadfast friends. With the encouragement of Norwegian violin virtuoso Ole Bull, Watson went on to a career as a solo violinist on New York concert stages. This is the book of "The Fiddling Fisherman" - John Jay Watson. Nineteenth c
| Title | : | The Stream I Go A-Fishing In |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.42 (601 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0974077801 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 110 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
This production premiered at Gloucester’s Sawyer Free Library in August of 2003, and will be repeated at the North Shore Arts Association in East Gloucester on May 22nd, 2004. . Gloucester, Massachusetts author-historian Chester Brigham has also written and produced "The Fiddling Fisherman," a narration of the early career of fisherman-musician John Jay Watson in the dialect of the waterfront, accompanied by live performance of Watson melodies
He produced musical variety shows that filled Cooper Union’s Great Hall again and again. Always, though, Watson kept his values straight, playing to audiences of ordinary people for modest admission charges, and counting his old fishing shipmates among his most steadfast friends. With the encouragement of Norwegian violin virtuoso Ole Bull, Watson went on to a career as a solo violinist on New York concert stages. This is the book of "The Fiddling Fisherman" - John Jay Watson. Nineteenth century America teemed with music, and John Watson – at various times fiddling deckhand, featured solo violinist, concert impresario and tunesmith – was in the middle of it all. The book contains eighteen illustrations and a bibliography.. With his highly anticipated return to Gloucester he played a concert to an audience so enthusiastic a local newspaper called the performance a "bumper.". He survived the shipwreck of the schooner Rival on Prince Edward Island in the "Yankee Gale" of 1851, then worked his way back to American soil playing concerts in towns along the way. As a young schooner fisherman in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Watson became a popular fiddler to the fleet. He composed melodies for piano and violin that were parlor music favorites. At
From the Publisher Words of praise for "The Stream I Go A-Fishing In": "John Watson and his fantastic life and times have been brought vividly alive at the hands of Chet Brigham, whose superbly written 'The Stream I Go A-Fishing In' is one of the best Gloucester reads in a long time." - Joseph E. Garland, Gloucester author-historian "Little has been written of the culture, poetry and music of those who earn their living from the sea. Chester Brigham gives us a front row seat to observe one of the great musical fishermen, John Jay Watson." - John A. "Gus" Foote, Gloucester City Councilor and former fisherman
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