Traditional instrumental tunes are ephemeral. Like Ulysses “good deeds past” they are “devour’d as fast as they are made, forgot as soon as done”. Unless they are played. A few of these “alms for oblivion”, old and new, are played by some small groups in Madison, Wisconsin. if you want to help these tunes persevere, open a tunebook from the menu above . <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back,\nWherein he puts alms for oblivion,\n\u2026which are devour\u2019d\nAs fast as they are made, forgot as soon\nAs done. Perseverance, dear my lord,\nKeeps honor bright\n\u2026\n...\nTime is like a fashionable host\n...\nOne touch of nature makes the whole world kin,\nThat all with one consent praise new-born gawds,\nThough they are made and moulded of things past,\nAnd give to dust, that is a little gilt,\nMore laud than gilt o\u2019erdusted.\nThe present eye praises the present object\u2026\n\u2014\n\u2014 Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, 3:3 \u2014<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nYou can find other alms for oblivion at the Traditional Tune Archive<\/a>, The Session<\/a>, the North Atlantic Tune List<\/a>, John Lamancusa’s Old Time Fiddle Tunes<\/a>, Pascal Gemme’s Identitairs Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois<\/a> and Trad Quebec Studio<\/a>, Peter Yarensky’s New Hampshire Fiddle Tunes<\/a> and many others. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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