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'''CHARLIE HARDIE'''. Scottish, Reel. E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. | |f_annotation='''CHARLIE HARDIE'''. AKA - "Charlie Hardy." Scottish, Reel (cut time). E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Charlie Hardy" was composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer and dancing master [[wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner]] (1843-1927). Skinner's title refers to fiddler/violinist Charles Hardie (1849-1893), known as "The Methlick Wonder", who born at Aquhadley, Aberdeenshire, was the son of another renowned fiddler/violinist, Matthew Hardie (1855-1826), "The Scottish Stradivari." Charles was a member of the famous Scottish family fiddling dynasty that included his brother, Jamie Hardie, for whom Skinner also composed a tune (see "[[Jamie Hardie]]"). | ||
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'' | Charles was a carpenter by trade in the city of Aberdeen and considered one of the great violinists of his day. He was invited to Balmoral Castle to play for Queen Victoria. Skinner himself opined in his '''Elgin Collection''' (1888) that "The composer [i.e. Skinner] considers that Mr. Charles Hardie, Aberdeen, is the finest exponent of his compositions living." | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Cranford ('''Winston Fitzgerald'''), 1997; No. 146, p. 59. Hardie ('''Caledonian Companion'''), 1992; p. 82. Skinner ('''Miller o' Hirn'''), 1881; No. No. 75, p. 40 (as "Charlie Hardy"). | |||
|f_recorded_sources="Crystal Clear" (2000). Wildcat Records WILDCD 101, Ronan Martin - "Ronan Martin" (2008). | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1555.html]. | |||
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CHARLIE HARDIE. AKA - "Charlie Hardy." Scottish, Reel (cut time). E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Charlie Hardy" was composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer and dancing master wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner (1843-1927). Skinner's title refers to fiddler/violinist Charles Hardie (1849-1893), known as "The Methlick Wonder", who born at Aquhadley, Aberdeenshire, was the son of another renowned fiddler/violinist, Matthew Hardie (1855-1826), "The Scottish Stradivari." Charles was a member of the famous Scottish family fiddling dynasty that included his brother, Jamie Hardie, for whom Skinner also composed a tune (see "Jamie Hardie").
Charles was a carpenter by trade in the city of Aberdeen and considered one of the great violinists of his day. He was invited to Balmoral Castle to play for Queen Victoria. Skinner himself opined in his Elgin Collection (1888) that "The composer [i.e. Skinner] considers that Mr. Charles Hardie, Aberdeen, is the finest exponent of his compositions living."
