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Renaissance Music, Woodwork, and Churches are three interests to share with visitors to my page. In particular it includes quite a lot of Midi versions of Early Music, for you to enjoy. You are free to use any of these Midis as you wish. I also have all these pieces, and a good many more, in score and playing parts form, and would be happy literally to “exchange notes” with anyone involved in this kind of music - please E-mail me if interested.They are in Finale format, but you can download a free Finale viewer.
There are also notes, or links, about the other interests, Cycling, and Woodworking.

David Miles

London, UK,
E Mail :-david@themiles.co.uk

Last Updated - April 2010


	About Me

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	Who am I?

	I’m a retired Civil Servant living with my wife Marion, now in Winchester after nearly 40 years in London. We have been enthusiastic amateurs in the field of Early Music. We both play Recorders and Viols and a great deal of our social life has involved consort playing in small groups. As a result I have created playing parts and scores of a range of pieces from the 15th to 17th centuries. I would be very happy if anyone else can take advantage of this work and obtain similar pleasure from it. After our retirement Marion and I took up (leisurely) cycling. Apart from 4 continental holidays, we cycled regularly each week in the countryside around London, transporting our bicycles by car to a convenient start, and doing a circuit of 30miles or so. Contrary to popular belief there are still plenty of very quiet minor roads within easy reach, by this means. Visiting so many villages led to an interest in church architecture and fittings, and we pursued that in holiday visits around the UK. I formerly had a well equipped workshop for wood. Here I made nearly 30 Renaissance or Baroque viols to various designs. It was not unusual for us to have a consort of 5 of my viols playing together - and that was a particular thrill - but others of my instruments are spread around in a variety of European countries. I also made toys and furniture items for the family and some pictures of projects and simple plans are shown on my Woodwork page. If anyone would like more information about them please E-Mail me.




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			CHURCHES AND CYCLING SIGHTS

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	CHURCHES

			As a result of our cycling we developed an interest in the architecture and fittings of old churches, and we plan visits to different parts of England and Wales to include fine examples from different periods.

		Here are a few of our favourites.

		Warminghurst - West Sussex

		The Holy Sepulchre. 10 miles N of Worthing. A small redundant church in a beautiful remote setting. Box pews. Simple 3-decker pulpit, and unusual 3-arched screen. Hatchments.
		Wenhaston - Suffolk

		Large "doom-painting" on wood, which was for centuries whitewashed over.
		Escomb - County Durham

		One of the few remaining churches that have changed little since Saxon times.
		Normanton - Rutland

		Stands partially submerged on an island in Rutland Water.
		Guimiliau - Finistere, Brittany.

		One of the remarkable parish enclosure churches concentrated in tiny villages in this part of France.
		Kilpeck Herefordshire

		Amazing Romanesque carving in a small country church
		Shobdon Herefordshire

		1750's Rococo fantasy - almost fairground-like!
		Iffley Oxford

		Norman showpiece. The window, by John Piper, is based on the legend that animals speak on the night of the Nativity