A thesis originally submitted to Newcastle University as ‘Pipe and Tabor in Cotswold
Morris’ in partial fulfilment for the degree of MPhil.

About this document

Note: This page provides access to an important work regarding Cotswold Morris tunes, created by the late Gwilym Davies and provided by Carol Davies, who has requested the thesis and related resources be made widely available.

Summary

Following the untimely death of Gwilym Davies in the Summer of 2022, the draft materials of the thesis were collated and examined with the degree of MPhil awarded posthumously in May 2023. The draft was subsequently placed within the format of Newcastle University’s guidelines for submission of theses, with the addition of a title page, list of contents, lists of tables, figures and musical examples. Final comments from Davies’ supervisors – Prof. Kirsten Gibson and Prof. Simon McKerrell – were removed. Figures, tables and musical examples missing titles were labelled, and minimal editorial alterations were made to the main text to make appropriate references to these. Spelling and grammar were checked and amended where necessary, and paragraphs were indented. Page numbers were added. Footnote references were formatted for consistency. A Select Bibliography has been provided, but a full list of references can be found via the footnotes. Davies’ original font, font size and overall style of the thesis was retained. The completion and binding of this thesis has been possible thanks to the support of the Isobel Preece Fund.