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"Fisher's Hornpipe" is one of the most popular, widespread and frequently published fiddle tunes in the world. On the subject of the title, several writers have posited various speculations on who the 'Fisher' might have been.

Charles Wolfe, among others, believes it was originally a classical composition by German composer Johann Christian Fischer (1733-1800), a friend of Mozart's and composer of the once-popular Fischer's Minuet. Indeed, some early publication use the spelling Fischer's Hornpipe.

Samuel Bayard (1981) noted that the tune dates to latter-18th century England where it was composed by "J. Fishar" and was "published in 1780" (Most of the local southwestern Pennsylvania alternate titles Bayard gives, appearing above, are "floaters").

Scholars Van Cleef and Keller (1980) identify the composer as one James A. Fishar [ed. probably John Abraham Fisher], a dancer, musical director and ballet master at Covent Garden during the 1770's, and note it is included as "Hornpipe #1" in J. Fishar's (presumably James A. Fishar's) Sixteen Cotillons Sixteen Minuets Twelve Allemands and Twelve Hornpipes (John Rutherford, London, 1778).

It has also been attributed to "18th century English fiddle player J.W. Fisher" [Callaghan, 2007]. A few years later the melody appeared in England under the title Lord Howe's Hornpipe in Longman and Broderip's 5th Selection of the Most Admired Dances, Reels, Minuets and Cotillions (London, c. 1784), and in Scotland in Neil Stewart's Select Collection (1784) as West's Hornpipe (2).

Scottish fiddler-composer and bandleader Alexander "King" McGlashan printed it about the same time in his Collection of Scots Measures (c. 1780, p. 34) under the title "Danc'd by Aldridge," a reference to the famous stage dancer and pantomimist Robert Aldridge, a popular performer in the 1760's and 1770's. See also early versions of the tune under the title Blanchard's Hornpipe (2). The hornpipe appears in a number of 19th century English musicians' copybooks as Egg Hornpipe.

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+|f_tune_name=Fisher's Hornpipe
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-|f_notes=General John Sappington Marmaduke (1833-1887).
+|f_notes=Portrait of J.C.Fischer (1733-1800) painted by Thomas Gainsborough, 1780 (Royal Collection).
-|f_caption=Missouri oral tradition gives that the tune was named for Confederate general John Sappington Marmaduke (1833-1887), son of pre-conflict Missouri governor M.M. Marmaduke, who was "from a dynasty of Little Dixie tobacco and hemp farmers, slave holders, and politicians.
+|f_caption=Charles Wolfe, among others, believes it was originally a classical composition by German composer Johann Christian Fischer (1733-1800), a friend of Mozart's and composer of the once-popular Fischer's Minuet.
-|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/virgil-ed-sellers/marmadukes-hornpipe-a-good-old Soundcloud]
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-|f_article=[[Marmaduke's_Hornpipe | '''Marmaduke's Hornpipe''']]
+|f_article=[[Fisher's Hornpipe | '''Fisher's Hornpipe''']]
-The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.
+"Fisher's Hornpipe" is one of the most popular, widespread and frequently published fiddle tunes in the world. On the subject of the title, several writers have posited various speculations on who the 'Fisher' might have been.
-The melody has been a popular for fiddle contests in the Mid-West, although less heard today. Marmaduke's Hornpipe is one of 100 essential Missouri tunes listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden.
+Charles Wolfe, among others, believes it was originally a classical composition by German composer Johann Christian Fischer (1733-1800), a friend of Mozart's and composer of the once-popular '''Fischer's Minuet'''. Indeed, some early publication use the spelling Fischer's Hornpipe.
-Local fiddlers in central Missouri have mentioned this tune was propagated by Daniel Boone Jones, a widely remembered fiddler from Boone County, who represented Missouri in one of Henry Ford's national contests in the late 1920's (Christeson).
+Samuel Bayard (1981) noted that the tune dates to latter-18th century England where it was composed by "J. Fishar" and was "published in 1780" (Most of the local southwestern Pennsylvania alternate titles Bayard gives, appearing above, are "floaters").
-The tune was so closely associated with Jones, who was a highly influential regional fiddler in the early 20th century, that his name was an alternate title for his contest-winning version.
+Scholars Van Cleef and Keller (1980) identify the composer as one James A. Fishar [ed. probably John Abraham Fisher], a dancer, musical director and ballet master at Covent Garden during the 1770's, and note it is included as "Hornpipe #1" in J. Fishar's (presumably James A. Fishar's) '''Sixteen Cotillons Sixteen Minuets Twelve Allemands and Twelve Hornpipes''' (John Rutherford, London, 1778).
-[[Cricket on the Hearth]], [[Grand Hornpipe (1)]] and [[Rocky Mountain Goat]] are melodies thought to be reminiscent of Marmaduke's and perhaps cognate. According to Gordon McCann (2008), a  number of older Missouri fiddlers call the tune Cricket on the Hearth.
+It has also been attributed to "18th century English fiddle player J.W. Fisher" [Callaghan, 2007]. A few years later the melody appeared in England under the title [[Lord Howe's Hornpipe]] in Longman and Broderip's '''5th Selection of the Most Admired Dances, Reels, Minuets and Cotillions''' (London, c. 1784), and in Scotland in Neil Stewart's '''Select Collection''' (1784) as [[West's Hornpipe (2)]].
-Guthrie Meade (2002) mentions the tune in connection with Ozarks fiddlers Cyril Stinnet, Vesta Johnson and Buck Williams, and notes similarities with ''Deer Walk'' and one of the ''Hell Among the Yearlings'' tunes.
+Scottish fiddler-composer and bandleader Alexander "King" McGlashan printed it about the same time in his '''Collection of Scots Measures''' (c. 1780, p. 34) under the title "Danc'd by Aldridge," a reference to the famous stage dancer and pantomimist Robert Aldridge, a popular performer in the 1760's and 1770's. See also early versions of the tune under the title [[Blanchard's Hornpipe (2)]].  The hornpipe appears in a number of 19th century English musicians' copybooks as [[Egg Hornpipe]].
-[[Damon's Winder]] is a nearly identical melody, save for the 'C' natural notes played in the third and fourth measures instead of a 'C' sharp. The only 78 RPM era recording of the tune was under the title [[Hell Up Flat Rock]], by Jess Hillard in 1933.
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