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'''HORSE AND AWAY TO NEWMARKET'''. AKA and see "[[Newmarket Races]]," "[[Fenwick O' Bywell]]." English, Jig. England; Northumberland, Cumbria. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Bears similarity to the Irish jig "[[Garryowen]]" in the first part. The melody appears in a number of musicians' manuscripts from the north of England: William Vicker's c. 1770 Northumbrian ms., James Biggin's (Leeds) 1779 manuscript collection, John Peacock's Northumbrian piping collection (1800), and Cumbrian musician John Rook's music manuscript collection of 1840. Stokoe ('''Northumbrian Minstrelsy'', 1882) "gives the song line 'Fenwick o' Bywell's off to Newmarket', connecting the different titles of the tune" (Seattle). | |||
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''Printed sources'': | ''Printed sources'': '''Northumbrian Piper's Tune Book''', vol. 1; p. 12 (appears as "Fenwick o' Bywell"). '''Peacock's Tunes''', c. 1800; No. 48 (Appears as "Newmarket Races"). Seattle ('''William Vickers'''), 1987, Part 2; No. 288. | ||
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Revision as of 16:15, 17 November 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
HORSE AND AWAY TO NEWMARKET. AKA and see "Newmarket Races," "Fenwick O' Bywell." English, Jig. England; Northumberland, Cumbria. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Bears similarity to the Irish jig "Garryowen" in the first part. The melody appears in a number of musicians' manuscripts from the north of England: William Vicker's c. 1770 Northumbrian ms., James Biggin's (Leeds) 1779 manuscript collection, John Peacock's Northumbrian piping collection (1800), and Cumbrian musician John Rook's music manuscript collection of 1840. Stokoe ('Northumbrian Minstrelsy, 1882) "gives the song line 'Fenwick o' Bywell's off to Newmarket', connecting the different titles of the tune" (Seattle).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Northumbrian Piper's Tune Book, vol. 1; p. 12 (appears as "Fenwick o' Bywell"). Peacock's Tunes, c. 1800; No. 48 (Appears as "Newmarket Races"). Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 288.
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