Thesis on Jack Coen 1979

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Thesis on Jack Coen 1979

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Someone might find this an interesting read.

A 1979 Masters Thesis by Lori Jane Kaplan
"The Lark on the Strand: A Study of a Traditional Irish Flute Player and His Music"
The flute player was Jack Coen, much of it in his own words.

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/view ... ext=theses

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Caution: thread drift...

Always interesting to see theses that were actually produced on a typewriter (for those of you too young to recognize the word "typewriter", it was a primitive printing device distantly related to a keyed flute). I'm having flashbacks to typing term papers with two fingers in long overnight sessions and feeling joy and wonderment when erasable bond paper arrived. My grandchildren don't know what they missed.

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Steve Bliven wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:13 am I'm having flashbacks to typing term papers with two fingers in long overnight sessions and feeling joy and wonderment when erasable bond paper arrived. My grandchildren don't know what they missed.

Great, thanks Steve :swear: I’m now having flashbacks to my High School typing classes and can’t get the sound of a class full of students banging away on (actual) typewriter mechanisms out of my head.

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Sorry but you were asking for this :D
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Mr.Gumby wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 9:45 am Sorry but you were asking for this :D
Sorry? I don't detect even a hint of sorrow in your submission. :really:

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Steve

P.S. The thesis forwarded by the OP was completed in 1979. It's interesting (to me at least) to read the perspective, and state of the publications, regarding traditional Irish music in the 1970s. Especially here in the US.
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Loren wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 9:24 am asdf space hjkl space asdf space hjkl return…
And there was never any wear on the G key...

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Steve Bliven wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 9:57 am
Loren wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 9:24 am asdf space hjkl space asdf space hjkl return…
And there was never any wear on the G key...

Best wishes.

Steve
:lol: True!
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