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'''MINSTREL'S FANCY.''' AKA - "[[Minstrel's Favourite]]," "[[Minstrel's Hornpipe]]." AKA and see "[[Buck from the Mountain (The)]]," "[[McElligott's Fancy]]," "[[Pioneer Clog]]," "[[Hanover Hornpipe]]." Scottish, English, Canadian, American; Hornpipe or Clog. USA, New England. Canada; Prince Edward Island, Ontario. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was recorded in the 78 RPM era by flute player John McKenna under the title "[[Buck | '''MINSTREL'S FANCY.''' AKA - "[[Minstrel's Favourite]]," "[[Minstrel's Hornpipe]]." AKA and see "[[Buck from the Mountain (The)]]," "[[McElligott's Fancy]]," "[[Pioneer Clog]]," "[[Hanover Hornpipe]]." Scottish, English, Canadian, American; Hornpipe or Clog. USA, New England. Canada; Prince Edward Island, Ontario. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was recorded in the 78 RPM era by flute player John McKenna under the title "[[Buck From the Mountain (The)]]." | ||
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MINSTREL'S FANCY. AKA - "Minstrel's Favourite," "Minstrel's Hornpipe." AKA and see "Buck from the Mountain (The)," "McElligott's Fancy," "Pioneer Clog," "Hanover Hornpipe." Scottish, English, Canadian, American; Hornpipe or Clog. USA, New England. Canada; Prince Edward Island, Ontario. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was recorded in the 78 RPM era by flute player John McKenna under the title "Buck From the Mountain (The)."
Source for notated version: George MacPhee (b. 1941, Monticello, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ontario) [Begin].
Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 416, pp. 395-396 (appears as an untitled clog). Begin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 18, p. 31. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 119 (listed as a 'Clog'). Craig (The Empire Collection of Hornpipes), c. 1890's; p. 4 (appears as "Minstrel's Hornpipe"). Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; p. 4. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 368, p. 40. Lerwick (Kilted Fiddler), 1985; p. 48. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 113, p. 71. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 80. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 165. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 157.
Recorded sources: Fretless 132, "Ron West: Vermont Fiddler."