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|f_annotation='''MR. ALEXANDER THOM'S.''' Canadian, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. James Daniel was a fiddler and an Aberdeen music engraver, editor and composer, known for his 39 page 1840 publication '''A Collection of original music, consisting of Slow Airs, Strathspeys, Reels, Quadrilles, Waltzes, Hornpipes, &c . &c. adapted for the Piano Forte, or Violin and Violoncello, by A Citizen'''. According to a March 2017 discussion on Fiddle-L, Alexander Thom could have been one of three people: | |||
|f_annotation='''ALEXANDER THOM'S.''' Canadian, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. James Daniel was a fiddler and an Aberdeen music engraver, editor and composer, known for his 39 page 1840 publication '''A Collection of original music, consisting of Slow Airs, Strathspeys, Reels, Quadrilles, Waltzes, Hornpipes, &c . &c. adapted for the Piano Forte, or Violin and Violoncello, by A Citizen'''. According to a March 2017 discussion on Fiddle-L, Alexander Thom could have been one of three people: | |||
Alexander Thom (1801 - 1879), born at Bervie, Kincardineshire, "The Queen's Printer in Ireland". Son of Walter Thom [1770-1824] who was a successful printer in Dublin. | Alexander Thom (1801 - 1879), born at Bervie, Kincardineshire, "The Queen's Printer in Ireland". Son of Walter Thom [1770-1824] who was a successful printer in Dublin. | ||
or: Alexander Thom (1775-1845), an army officer, surgeon, mill owner, Justice of the Peace, judge, and politician; probably born in Aberdeen, moved to Canada by 1815, and died in Perth, Ontario; or: Alexander Thom Cringan, a composer and music professor who was born in 1860, educated in England, and eventually settled in Canada. | or: Alexander Thom (1775-1845), an army officer, surgeon, mill owner, Justice of the Peace, judge, and politician; probably born in Aberdeen, moved to Canada by 1815, and died in Perth, Ontario; or: Alexander Thom Cringan, a composer and music professor who was born in 1860, educated in England, and eventually settled in Canada. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Celtic CX44 (78 RPM), Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald. | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:25, 20 March 2023
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MR. ALEXANDER THOM'S. Canadian, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. James Daniel was a fiddler and an Aberdeen music engraver, editor and composer, known for his 39 page 1840 publication A Collection of original music, consisting of Slow Airs, Strathspeys, Reels, Quadrilles, Waltzes, Hornpipes, &c . &c. adapted for the Piano Forte, or Violin and Violoncello, by A Citizen. According to a March 2017 discussion on Fiddle-L, Alexander Thom could have been one of three people: Alexander Thom (1801 - 1879), born at Bervie, Kincardineshire, "The Queen's Printer in Ireland". Son of Walter Thom [1770-1824] who was a successful printer in Dublin. or: Alexander Thom (1775-1845), an army officer, surgeon, mill owner, Justice of the Peace, judge, and politician; probably born in Aberdeen, moved to Canada by 1815, and died in Perth, Ontario; or: Alexander Thom Cringan, a composer and music professor who was born in 1860, educated in England, and eventually settled in Canada.
