[r-t] Ben Constant's Yorkshire Royal

[Alan Reading]

I imagine Ben's was composed with the intention of including the little 
bell courses it does. In my opinion it is this which makes the 
composition really worthwhile. Keith's I suspect was composed with the 
intention of maximising Cru's in a simple 2 part structure, a job which 
it does pretty well. Given that the peals were clearly produced 
idependantly I feal that what is important here is the composers intent. 
If you wish to ring the compostion mainly for the purpose of Cru's use 
Keith's rotation and attribute it to him, if you wish to ring the 
composition mainly for the purpose of little bell runs then use Ben's 
rotation and attribute it to him.

Cheers,
Alan

Mark Davies wrote:
> [Cross-posted from r-c: if you've seen it there no need to re-read!]
>
> For a few years now the RW Diary has featured an excellent composition of 
> Y10 by Ben Constant. It's very simple but musical: H W2H 2M2W2H, repeat.
>
> Thing is, it's so simple that I am pretty sure it must have been composed
> several times before. I have come across one identical version in the G&B
> archives (peal no. 5545), composed by Keith Scudamore in or before 1984,
> which must I'm sure pre-date Ben. Ben's version is rotated to start at
> Keith's second course, but is basically identical.
>
> Does anyone know of any earlier versions? If not, I think Keith needs to be
> given the honours on this one.
>
> MBD
>
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