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This tune was called "The Nightengale" until P.T. Barnum began using an adapted version as a theme for his circus acrobats. The attribution "As performed by G.L.Tracy" appears in Ryan's/Cole's. George Lowell Tracy (1855-1921) was a young man who later composed light opera and composition books, according to musicologist Charles Wolfe. Evidently Tracy arranged music as well, for one publication from the 1880's indicates a Sir Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert and Sullivan fame) work was arranged by him.
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"The Acrobat" appears in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) and its direct successor, Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes" (1940, from the same printing plates as Ryan's), wherein it is noted that it "Can be used as (the vehicle for) a Clog." Perhaps the earliest recording is from 1905 by violinist Charles D'Alamaine, born in 1871 in England, who died in 1943.
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D'Alamaine emmigrated to the United States in 1888, and by 1890 had established himself as "instructor on violin" in Evanston, Illinois; by 1910 he had removed to Yonkers, and in 1920 was a chiropractor in New York City (info. from Paul Gifford). Cape Breton musicians learned the tune from the Ryan's/Cole's books, and it was played by the influential fiddler Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald.
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Print Sources: Cole ('''1000 Fiddle Tunes'''), 1940; pg. 97. Cranford ('''Winston Fitzgerald'''), 1997; pg. 4. McNulty ('''Dance Music of Ireland'''), 1965; pg. 23. Mulvihill ('''1st Collection'''), 1986; No. 35, pg. 99 (appears as "The Acrobat"). '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''', 1883; pg. 133.
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© 1996-2010  Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.
'''© 1996-2010  Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.'''
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 Theme code Index    3L136 4477
 Also known as    The Acrobat, Acrobat's Clog, The Nightingale
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland, United States
 Genre/Style    Contra, Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Hornpipe/Clog
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 133
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1883
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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This tune was called "The Nightengale" until P.T. Barnum began using an adapted version as a theme for his circus acrobats. The attribution "As performed by G.L.Tracy" appears in Ryan's/Cole's. George Lowell Tracy (1855-1921) was a young man who later composed light opera and composition books, according to musicologist Charles Wolfe. Evidently Tracy arranged music as well, for one publication from the 1880's indicates a Sir Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert and Sullivan fame) work was arranged by him.
"The Acrobat" appears in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) and its direct successor, Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes" (1940, from the same printing plates as Ryan's), wherein it is noted that it "Can be used as (the vehicle for) a Clog." Perhaps the earliest recording is from 1905 by violinist Charles D'Alamaine, born in 1871 in England, who died in 1943.
D'Alamaine emmigrated to the United States in 1888, and by 1890 had established himself as "instructor on violin" in Evanston, Illinois; by 1910 he had removed to Yonkers, and in 1920 was a chiropractor in New York City (info. from Paul Gifford). Cape Breton musicians learned the tune from the Ryan's/Cole's books, and it was played by the influential fiddler Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald.

Print Sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 97. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; pg. 4. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; pg. 23. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 35, pg. 99 (appears as "The Acrobat"). Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 133.


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© 1996-2010 Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.
Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni