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Description: | A fine James Hill hornpipe, also in Kohler's Violin Repository (vol.1, p.87) and the Lister manuscript, (p.34).The tune forms part of an anonymous 19th century manuscript book in the W. Cocks collection currently housed in the Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum. Formerly belonging to John Baty, the book is known as MU 187 or John Baty 8. The book is in two distinct sections, the outer leaves (pp.1-16 and 55-70) and the inner leaves (pp.17-54)The outer leaves are all in the 9-note pipe scale, written without key signature in the Highland way. There are standard Highland pipe tunes, some arrangements of popular tunes, and a few variation sets from Peacock's Tunes, transposed up a note. It is possible that the compiler played Border or half-long pipes rather than Highland, but there is no way of knowing, and while local items feature there is certainly no direct link to the 'old' repertoire exemplified in William Dixon's collection.The inner leaves comprise a good fiddler's book, the programme on the inside back cover showing that the compiler was a working musician. Smaller in scope than the Lister collection, it nevertheless contains many good items (along with some obvious 'standards'), including James Hill hornpipes and a few anonymous hornpipes so far not found elsewhere. Although the compiler does not leave his name or location, the Hill connection places the book, as far as we can tell, on or near Tyneside some time in the mid-19th century. Some of the tunes lean towards the virtuoso end of the fiddle repertoire, and many are carefully bowed. Taken together with the Lister manuscript, the selection gives a very good picture of the North-East fiddler's art. ; 19th century manuscript tune book formerly owned by John Baty. | Rights holder: | rights holder : Society of Antiquaries | Temporal: | start=1841;end=1860; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:M0203601 | Go to resource |
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