Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's On The Quarter deck March Concertina a Solo played By Ernest Rutterford Rare 78 rpm shellac record.
Ernest Rutterford was a British concertina player in the 1910s 1920s.
Charles Rutterford, England, 1800s
Ernest Rutterford, England, late 1800s into 1900s
The concertina (squeezebox; similar to a small accordion). Two famous names in the concertina in England are Charles and Ernest Rutterford. Ernest wrote the best known tutor for the concertina system called the duet concertina. Either or both Charles and Ernest supposedly gave music lessons to the then Prince of Wales who later abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson. Charles participated in well-known concerts organized by a famous concertinist, Richard Manning Blagrove, in the 1860s and 1870s.
Any information on the birth and death dates for Charles and/or Ernest Rutterford, their family connection (Ernest was Charles' son, grandfather, uncle?), or anything else on their family history, would be much appreciated.
Here's On The Quarter deck March Concertina a Solo played By Ernest Rutterford Rare 78 rpm shellac record.
Ernest Rutterford was a British concertina player in the 1910s 1920s.
Charles Rutterford, England, 1800s
Ernest Rutterford, England, late 1800s into 1900s
The concertina (squeezebox; similar to a small accordion). Two famous names in the concertina in England are Charles and Ernest Rutterford. Ernest wrote the best known tutor for the concertina system called the duet concertina. Either or both Charles and Ernest supposedly gave music lessons to the then Prince of Wales who later abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson. Charles participated in well-known concerts organized by a famous concertinist, Richard Manning Blagrove, in the 1860s and 1870s.
Any information on the birth and death dates for Charles and/or Ernest Rutterford, their family connection (Ernest was Charles' son, grandfather, uncle?), or anything else on their family history, would be much appreciated.
