Thomas Tipper's Epitaph
from 900 Years - a journey through time by Mike Flood
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Composer's Notes:
Thomas Tipper is a well-known character from Newhaven's past. He established and ran a brewery, the beer (stingo) from which was held in very high esteem by none other than King George IV. It was delivered 2 or 3 times each week to his palace, the Royal Pavilion, in nearby Brighton (about 9 miles away).
Thomas Tipper died in 1785, aged 54. He would have been alive during the baroque period (generally thought to have run from 1600 to 1750), so I set the words from his gravestone (still situated in the churchyard at St Michael's) to music, in a baroque style, with harpsichord, treble recorder and violin accompaniment.
(Mike Flood - 14th November 2019)
Thomas Tipper is a well-known character from Newhaven's past. He established and ran a brewery, the beer (stingo) from which was held in very high esteem by none other than King George IV. It was delivered 2 or 3 times each week to his palace, the Royal Pavilion, in nearby Brighton (about 9 miles away).
Thomas Tipper died in 1785, aged 54. He would have been alive during the baroque period (generally thought to have run from 1600 to 1750), so I set the words from his gravestone (still situated in the churchyard at St Michael's) to music, in a baroque style, with harpsichord, treble recorder and violin accompaniment.
(Mike Flood - 14th November 2019)
lyrics
Reader, with kind regard this Grave survey,
Nor heedless pass where Tipper's ashes lay;
Honest he was, ingenuous, blunt, and kind;
And dared do, what few dare do, speak his mind.
Philosphy and History well he knew,
Was versed in Physick and in Surgery too,
The best old Stingo be both brewed and sold;
Nor did one knavish act to get his gold,
He played through Life a varied comic part,
And knew immortal Hudibras by heart,
Reader, in real truth such was the man;
Be better, wiser, laugh more if you can.
Be better, wiser, laugh more if you can.
(Taken from Thomas Tipper's gravestone in St Michael's Church, Newhaven - Anon.)
Nor heedless pass where Tipper's ashes lay;
Honest he was, ingenuous, blunt, and kind;
And dared do, what few dare do, speak his mind.
Philosphy and History well he knew,
Was versed in Physick and in Surgery too,
The best old Stingo be both brewed and sold;
Nor did one knavish act to get his gold,
He played through Life a varied comic part,
And knew immortal Hudibras by heart,
Reader, in real truth such was the man;
Be better, wiser, laugh more if you can.
Be better, wiser, laugh more if you can.
(Taken from Thomas Tipper's gravestone in St Michael's Church, Newhaven - Anon.)
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from 900 Years - a journey through time,
released November 18, 2019
Vocals & Violin by Hilary Musk, Treble Recorder by Bill Musk.
Vocals & Violin by Hilary Musk, Treble Recorder by Bill Musk.
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