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'''OAKLAND GARDEN.''' American, "Clog Dance". C Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & A Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Composed by Edwin Christie, according to Ryan's Mammoth (1883), referring not to the famous blackface minstrel Edwin Christy (Christy's Minstrels) but a journeyman composer in the Boston region. See note for "[[Lotta's Favorite]]" for more on E.P. Christy. The title refers to Boston's Oakland Garden theatre, a minor venue that had a brief life, managed by Isaac B. Rich in the mid-1880's.  
'''OAKLAND GARDEN.''' American, "Clog Dance". C Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & A Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Composed by Edwin Christie, who is not the Edwin P. Christy (1815-1862) of blackface minstrel fame, but who was a later-born journeyman composer of light works from the Boston, Massachusetts, area. He was tolerably regarded during his career, but did not achieve nearly the fame of his minstrel namesake. Several of Christie's compositions appear in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' (1883).  
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OAKLAND GARDEN. American, "Clog Dance". C Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & A Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Composed by Edwin Christie, who is not the Edwin P. Christy (1815-1862) of blackface minstrel fame, but who was a later-born journeyman composer of light works from the Boston, Massachusetts, area. He was tolerably regarded during his career, but did not achieve nearly the fame of his minstrel namesake. Several of Christie's compositions appear in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883).

The title refers to Boston's Oakland Garden theater, a minor venue that had a brief life, managed by Isaac B. Rich in the mid-1880's.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 82. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880’s; No. 421, p. 47. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 115.

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