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'''PRINCE ALBERT'S HORNPIPE [2].''' Scottish, Canadian, American; Hornpipe. C Major (Cole): D Major (Messer). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was first printed in Boston publisher Elias Howe's '''Musician's Companion, Part 3''' (1844), where it is attributed to one E.L. White. White | '''PRINCE ALBERT'S HORNPIPE [2].''' Scottish, Canadian, American; Hornpipe. C Major (Cole): D Major (Messer). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was first printed in Boston publisher Elias Howe's '''Musician's Companion, Part 3''' (1844), where it is attributed to one E.L. White. Edward Little White (1809-1851) was a journeyman musician-composer in the mid-1800's in the greater Boston region, a teacher of the piano forte and organ. He was a prolific author of numerous instrumental and sacred and secular vocal publications, including '''Organ without a Master,''' (Oliver Ditson Company), '''Cecillian Glee Book''' (1858, Boston music publishers Russell & Fuller), the Boston Melodeon (1846), '''Mother's Assistant and Young Lady's Fried''' (1846, Elias Howe Co.), '''Young America's Collection''', and so on. The title honors Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert,_Prince_Consort] (1819-1861), who married his cousin, Queen Victoria, in 1839. | ||
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PRINCE ALBERT'S HORNPIPE [2]. Scottish, Canadian, American; Hornpipe. C Major (Cole): D Major (Messer). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was first printed in Boston publisher Elias Howe's Musician's Companion, Part 3 (1844), where it is attributed to one E.L. White. Edward Little White (1809-1851) was a journeyman musician-composer in the mid-1800's in the greater Boston region, a teacher of the piano forte and organ. He was a prolific author of numerous instrumental and sacred and secular vocal publications, including Organ without a Master, (Oliver Ditson Company), Cecillian Glee Book (1858, Boston music publishers Russell & Fuller), the Boston Melodeon (1846), Mother's Assistant and Young Lady's Fried (1846, Elias Howe Co.), Young America's Collection, and so on. The title honors Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha [1] (1819-1861), who married his cousin, Queen Victoria, in 1839.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 92. Howe (The Musician’s Companion, Part 3), 1844; p. 14. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3), c. 1880’s; p. 39. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 68. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 114, p. 71. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 126.
Recorded sources: Celtic Music Co. 019 (78 RPM), Hugh A. MacDonald (1935).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]