HARDY FORUM ARCHIVE H01014 1/3/01 "JANUARY 01 NOTES AND QUERIES" ======================================================== From: "Brian Hadfield" Subject: Information On Thomas Hardy Required Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 11:26:11 -0000 Hello to everyone on the list, I have a glass plate of a picture of a man. The bottom says the folowing : Painted & Engraved by T Hardy W.Cramer (Large Letters) >From an original picture in the possesion of J.Bland London Published as the act directs June 6th 1764 by J BLand No46 Holborn We presume the photo of the man is W.Cramer. We have looked into J.Bland and we have found out that he was a composer but we are 70% sure this is the same James A Bland who was a Black Folk Song Composer. We are trying to find out if : T.Hardy is Thomas Hardy ? If Thomas Hardy did any painting or engraving ? I believe that Thomas learned to speak German ? Which the name Cramer is germany. Thomas lived in London for a while as did James Hardy who came over from America to London to tour. Did they meet up ? Why would Thomas do a painting of W.cramer based on an original owned by J.Bland? We are presuming that T.Hardy is the Thomas Hardy of Dorset Due to the fact that these glass photos are from dorset area. We also know that all involved were around at the time of Thomas Hardy James A Bland (B12.10.1854) (D06.05.1911) USA Thomas Hardy (B1840) (D1928) UK W.Cramer (Not Known) We have major pieces of this jigsaw missing and if anyone can help please contact us. If you require to know anything or have any knowledge of these people then please let us know. All the best Brian Hadfield sitac2000@hotmail.com ========== Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 16:22:42 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Day Subject: Re: Information On Thomas Hardy Required W. Cramer would appear to be the German violinist Wilhelm Cramer (1745-1799). He lived for most of his later life in London and because of this he has an entry in the Dictionary of National Biography. This states that "A portrait of him by T. Hardy was published by Bland in 1794." John Bland was a prolific compiler and publisher of music based at his self-styled "music warehouse" at No. 45, Holborn in London. Many of his publications date from the late 18th century. An example of one of his title pages is available at: http://www.lib.duke.edu/music/sheetmusic/examples/blands.html Unfortunately, I've no current access to a copy of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, but there should be more information on these characters in that work. There is a little information (in German) on Wilhelm Cramer at: http://www.gerbeth.at/pernambuco/cramer.htm There appears to be, therefore, no direct link with the Thomas Hardy of the Wessex Novels as he was not born until the year 1840. I hope that this helps. Michael Day **** * Research Officer, UKOLN The UK Office for Library and Information * * Networking, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY. * * Tel. +44 (0)1225 323923 Fax +44 (0)1225 826838 * ========== Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:58:03 -0500 (EST) From: Meg Cronin Subject: Hardy and Hopkins Dear listmembers, I wonder if Dr. Marroni of Italy is one of the listserve group here? I have been invited to attend, I believe, the GM Hopkins Summer School in Monasterevin, Ireland, this summer. The topic is Hopkins and other writers. You may recall that I emailed you all about possible connections between Hopkins and Hardy earlier this semester. Your responses were an enormous help to me. I would like to do this paper for the summer school. On to my point--one of the organizers, Viv, the wife of Irish poet Desmond Egan, has told me that Francesco Marroni, distinguished Hardy scholar, will be doing a paper, as she put it, "on a similar topic, so that might make a nice connection." Well, I am not a "distinguished" Hardy scholar, and would not want to write a paper in any way touching upon Hardy Hopkins ideas that Dr. Marroni may be writing about. So, I would like to talk to him about the topic. Does any of you know if he is on the list. If he is not, does anyone know how to contact him? Thank you, Meg Meoghan Cronin St. Anselm College mgcronin@anselm.edu ========== From: "Patrick Roper" Subject: RE: Hardy and Hopkins Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 19:20:53 -0000 Prof. Marroni's e-mail address is: marroni@ibmpe1.unich.it Patrick Roper ========== Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 14:55:24 -0500 From: Rosemarie Morgan Subject: Re: Hardy and Hopkins Hi Megan, Yes I can help. I'm a colleague of Francesco Marroni and a board member of his Rivista di Studi Vittoriani and have published in his Journal. Are these qualifications enough?-- I can certainly offer further details. Why not e-mail me? Cheers, RM ========== Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:36:41 -0800 From: Betty Cortus Subject: Hardy and the Historian Dear Members, Recently I made mention of some references to Hardy in unusual places, outside of the study of English literature. I just came across another one in the January 2001 issue of _Smithsonian_. An article by Joyce and Richard Wolkomir titled "When Bandogs Howle & Spirits Walk" (39-44) describes the work of historian Roger Ekirch who has made a study of human behavior and social conditions during the nighttime hours in preindustrial times. His extensive research covered an extremely wide variety of sources including old poems and plays and novels. But the only work singled out by name is found in the phrase "remember Thomas Hardy's _Return of the Native_, those midnight bonfires out on the heath?" I always find it gratifying to see our author so widely appreciated. Betty Cortus ========== Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 14:28:11 -0800 From: Betty Cortus Subject: Pinsky Reading Hardy This Piece of interesting information was sent to me by Mike Stoddart. Betty From: "Mike" <2727@tampabay.rr.com> To: "Betty and/or John Cortus" Subject: Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's reading "The Darkling Thrush' Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 16:50:10 -0500 On the Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Monday, January 1, 2001, our Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky read and commented on Hardy's "The Darkling Thrush." Anyone can watch the video of the reading by going to the following website: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.html#monday You should then click the word "video" under the item about the reading of the poem. Of course, you must have Microsoft's Windows Media Player or the equivalent from RealAudio. I have a cable connection so the picture and reading were excellent quality. I don't know what the quality would be like with a 56 kps modem. All Association and Society members will be gratified to know that this was the poem chosen by Pinsky. Hardy would have loved his choice as well! All the very best, Mike Stoddard ========== Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 10:46:20 -0500 (EST) From: Meg Cronin Subject: Dr. Marroni This message is for Patrick Roper. Patrick, I have stupidly deleted the email address you sent me for Dr. F. Marroni. I also do not have your email address. Would you mind re-sending the address to me. Thank you very much. Thanks to the list for tolerating this personal email. Meg Meoghan Cronin St. Anselm College mgcronin@anselm.edu ========== From: "Robert Goddard" Subject: Hardy and Martha Brown Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:55:53 -0000 Dear List Members, In today's "Times" there is a short article concerning Martha Brown, whom Hardy witnessed being hanged, and the impact of this event upon him. The URL is: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-76058,00.html With best wishes, Robert (Goddard) Trinity Hall, Cambridge. ========== From: "Robert Goddard" Subject: Hardy and offensive weapons... Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:16:10 -0000 Dear List Members, This might amuse/interest you. A friend - a Scottish lawyer - has recently brought to me attention the case Woods v Heywood 1988 SCCR 434, in which Sheriff Booker-Milburn was required to decide whether a machete was an offensive weapon within the meaning of section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953. At p. 436 Sheriff Booker-Milburn observed: "In this case I did not consider that I was dealing with the 'wappenschaw' of the rustics who joined the fencibles in Thomas Hardy's novel The Trumpet Major to defend the country from Bonaparte's expected invasion." Best wishes, Robert Goddard Trinity Hall, Cambridge. ========== From: "Patrick Roper" Subject: Greenwood Tree tune Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:39:01 -0000 TH's novel "Under the Greenwood Tree" presumably takes its title from Shakespeare's poem. But would Hardy have been familiar with the (in my opinion) delightful English country dance tune usually called simply "The Greenwood Tree"? Both the Shakespeare and the music can be enjoyed at: http://www.moongear.com/thebearypatch/skp14.htm The music in particular, though a bit 'canned', certainly took me back to 'former days' of mid-19th century Dorset. Patrick Roper ========== Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:28:30 -0500 From: Rosemarie Morgan Subject: Re: Hardy and offensive weapons... And while I'm here -- on a less erudite note than Robert's: among the professionals applying for TTHA membership attorneys outnumber all except teachers and students! I wonder why...... Cheers, Rosemarie ==========