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|f_annotation='''ANTIGONISH POLKA [2]'''. Canadian, Polka (2/4 time). Canada, Cape Breton. D Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). The title refers to the town of Antigonish in Nova Scotia. The polka was composed by Jim MacDonald of Lanark, Nova Scotia, and first recorded by fiddler Hugh A. MacDonald of Antigonish in 1935<ref>MacDonald recorded just seven sides for Bernie MacIsaac's Celtic label of Antiginish, all in 1935.</ref> accompanied on accordion by Bess Siddal MacDonald<ref>Bess backed up a number of Cape Breton and Nova Scotia 78 RPM recording artists on accordion and piano, including Colin Boyd, Angus Chisholm, Dan J. Campbell, Angus Allan Gillis, as well as MacDonald. </ref>. The pair of polkas, originally titled "Polka Number Three" but long known as "Antigonish 1 & 2", were popularized by Cape Breton fiddler Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald, and were also recorded by Don Messer and Ned Landry. | |||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Cranford ('''Winston Fitzgerald'''), 1997; No. 210, p. 82. Corfield ('''Tunes from New Brunswick'''), 2024; p. 6. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Celtic 013-B (78 RPM), Hugh A. MacDonald (1935). Front Hall FHR-024, Fennig's All-Star String Band – "Fennigmania" (1980. Learned from a recording by Cape Breton fiddler Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald, who himself learned the tune from a 78 RPM disc by Antigonish fiddler Hugh A. MacDonald). Frank Ferrel - "Maritime Melodies" (2012). | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t852.html]<br> | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:40, 25 September 2024
X:1443 T:Antigonish Polka No. 2 S:Bill Spence with Fennig's All-Stars, "Fennigmania," Front Hall Records S:FHR-024, 1981. S:Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald, "A Selection Of New Jigs, Reels, Strathspeys, Hornpipes S:And Waltzes." Rodeo Records SCX5-59. N:The Antigonish Polka medley was brought to Fennig's by George Wilson, who N:learned them from a recording of Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald. M:2/4 L:1/16 R:Polka H:From the Lamprey River Band Tunebook, a part of the NH Country Dance H:website. K:D g4 ||:\ "D" fgab a2d2 | "A" d2c2 cBc2 | a2c2 cBcb | "D" a2d2 dcde | fgab a2d2 | "A" d2c2 cBc2 |1 a2ab agfe | "D" d6 g2 :|2 a2 zb agfe | "D" d2 z2 "D7" =c4 || K:G |: "G" Bc^cd e2B2 | "D7" d2c2 cBc2 | e2c2 f3d | "G" e2d2 d^cd=c |B2g2 gfgd | "C" A2e2 ede2 | "D7" defe dcBA |1 "G" G2D2 G2c2 :|2\ "G" G2 z2 g4 |]["Final Ending" "G" G2D2 G4 |]
ANTIGONISH POLKA [2]. Canadian, Polka (2/4 time). Canada, Cape Breton. D Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). The title refers to the town of Antigonish in Nova Scotia. The polka was composed by Jim MacDonald of Lanark, Nova Scotia, and first recorded by fiddler Hugh A. MacDonald of Antigonish in 1935[1] accompanied on accordion by Bess Siddal MacDonald[2]. The pair of polkas, originally titled "Polka Number Three" but long known as "Antigonish 1 & 2", were popularized by Cape Breton fiddler Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald, and were also recorded by Don Messer and Ned Landry.
- ↑ MacDonald recorded just seven sides for Bernie MacIsaac's Celtic label of Antiginish, all in 1935.
- ↑ Bess backed up a number of Cape Breton and Nova Scotia 78 RPM recording artists on accordion and piano, including Colin Boyd, Angus Chisholm, Dan J. Campbell, Angus Allan Gillis, as well as MacDonald.