William Alfred Cocks
William Alfred Cocks (1892-1971) was a master clock maker from Ryton, County Durham. He had a lifelong interest in the history and culture of the North-east of England, and particularly in the Northumbrian smallpipes and half-long pipes. He assembled a large collection of historic bagpipes, their music, and related materials, which forms the core of the collection now housed at the Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum.
William Alfred Cocks
- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1971
- Occupation
- watchmaker · musicologist
- Languages
- English
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William Alfred Cocks (1892 – 1971) was a clockmaker and musicologist.
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Born in 1892, died in 1971.
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1892
William Alfred Cocks was born in 1892.
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- 1.Music and bagpipes. The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne.
- 2.History of the NPS.
- 3.Archived copy.
- 4.Woodhorn Museum website.
- 5.The Clough Family of Newsham, Northumbrian Pipers' Society, ed. Chris Ormston and Julia Say (2000)
- 6.Moore, Anne. Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum: a specialist collection for non-specialists. Museum International. 48. 31–35. 1996. 10.1111/j.1468-0033.1996.tb01284.x.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- A Tutor for the Northumberland Half-Long Bagpipes, 1925, Oxford University Press
- The Northumbrian Bagpipes: Their Development and Makers, 1933, Northumbrian Pipers' Society
- The Northumbrian Bagpipes, with J.F. Bryan, 1967, Northumbrian Pipers' Society
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