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Brenda Wootton (née Ellery) (10 February 1928 – 11 March 1994) was a Cornish poet and folk singer and was seen as an ambassador for Cornish tradition and culture in all the Celtic nations and as far as Australia and Canada. ==Early life and career== She was born in London, but grew up in the fishing village of Newlyn.〔 She began her musical career as a young schoolgirl, singing in village halls throughout the remote communities of west Cornwall. Wootton became active on the folk scene in the early 60s, helping to keep the Cornish folk song tradition alive for many years. Her early albums were recorded on Cornwall's ''Sentinel'' label, often with her singing partners John the Fish (also known as John Langford ()), Robert Bartlett and later with guitarists Pete Berryman, Mike Silver, Al Fenn, David Penhale and (Chris Newman ). Many of her songs were composed by Richard Gendall. Her repertoire over the years covered folk, rock, blues, jazz and even hymns, but she is best remembered for her Cornish "standards" such as ''Lamorna'', ''The White Rose'', ''Camborne Hill'', ''The Stratton Carol'' and the ballads ''Mordonnow'', ''Tamar'', ''Silver Net'' and ''Lyonesse''. She was equally at home when singing in Cornish, Breton or English and was as famous in Brittany, which she visited regularly, as she was in her native Cornwall. She opened her own folk club, the ''Pipers Folk Club'', at St Buryan, Cornwall and appeared in the first ever Lorient Interceltic Festival in Brittany. Wootton was a member of the Gorseth Kernow, where she was known by her Bardic name of ''Gwylan Gwavas'' (''Seagull of Newlyn''). In her later years, she became well known in Cornwall as a presenter for BBC Radio Cornwall where she hosted the popular weekly request show ''Sunday Best'', until her death in 1994. She was also the Honorary President of Radio Beacon, the hospital radio service for St Lawrences Hospital in Bodmin.〔("Brenda Wootton Paris concert unearthed" at bbc.co.uk )〕 Wootton died in March 1994, aged sixty six, after a long illness, at her home in Penzance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brenda Wootton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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