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Description: | A favourite Hill tune, still popular today. This version differs from others in being more dotted. A fuller version appears elsewhere in the Lister manuscript.Many of the details of the life of this famous Tyneside composer are extremely vague. It is known that Hill was born in Scotland, lived on Bottle Bank, Gateshead and produced the majority of his work between roughly 1840-1860. James Hill is considered to be one of the most talented Tyneside fiddlers and composers and has produced some of the most popular and enduring fiddle tunes. In particular his Hawk and High Level hornpipes remain popular today.This tune forms part of a 19th century fiddler's tune book. One of several books in the Lockey Collection at Beamish Museum, the book contains the signature 'William Hall Lister, East Bolden', as well as that of Robert Lister. It is likely that both contributed to the book, like many manuscripts it is the work of more than one hand.The manuscript is of mid-19th century origin to judge from the contents, and is predominantly a fiddler's collection. It contains many tunes ascribed to James Hill, the most celebrated Tyneside fiddler and composer, as well as other high quality tunes which are anonymous but from the same stylistic school. In addition to the hornpipes, jigs and reels there are some 'ballroom' tunes of the era, which show that Lister was also aware of national as well as local musical fashions. ; 19th century fiddlers tune book compiled by William and Robert Lister | Rights holder: | rights holder : Beamish Museum | Temporal: | start=1841;end=1860; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:B0605901 | Go to resource |
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