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|f_track=Fishers_Hornpipe.mp3
|f_track=Ricketts Hornpipe.mp3
|f_pdf=Fishers Hornpipe.pdf
|f_pdf=Ricketts Hornpipe.pdf
|f_artwork=GAINSBOROUGH,_Thomas_-_Johann_Christian_Fischer_(1780).jpg
|f_artwork=Rickettscircus.jpg
|f_tune_name=Fisher's Hornpipe
|f_tune_name=Rickett's Hornpipe
|f_track_title=Fisher's Hornpipe
|f_track_title=Rickett's Hornpipe
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|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/user-707619939 Bruno Bruzzese]
|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/kevinroth-music Kevin Roth]
|f_notes=Portrait of J.C.Fischer (1733-1800) painted by Thomas Gainsborough, 1780 (Royal Collection).
|f_notes=Rickett's Circus, Philadelphia, on the corner of Market and 12th St.
|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_caption=The particular Rickett honored in the title was a circus promoter, one John Bill Ricketts (1769-1800), a Scottish immigrant who came from England in 1792 and flourished in America through the 1790's until his Philadelphia enterprise was destroyed in a fire on Dec. 17, 1799.
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|f_article=[[Fisher's Hornpipe | '''Fisher's Hornpipe''']]
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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.  
The earliest appearance of the melody is in Alexander McGlashan's Edinburgh-published '''Collection of Scots Measures''' of 1781, with the title Danced by Aldridge, a reference to the great Irish-born dancer of the late 18th century Robert Aldridge (see note for "[[annotation:Aldridge's Hornpipe (1)|Aldridge's Hornpipe]]").  


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.  
Unfortunately, McGlashan's 3rd measure in the first strain is garbled, and the fourth measure is missing altogether in the printed version (making the first strain only seven measures long).  


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 popular in Britain under a few titles, chiefly Manchester Hornpipe and Yarmouth Hornpipe.  Imported to America, it became a very popular melody in all regions and genres; in the Appalachians it was one of the imported hornpipe tunes that survived relatively intact, and was only slightly less common among fiddlers than [[Fisher's Hornpipe]], which is easier to play.  


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).  
In the South the tune lost all connections with the hornpipe dance, and is often played at the same pace as a breakdown. Not everywhere, however, for as Mike Yates (2002) remarks, “the tune was actually more popular in the northern cities and is one of the few tunes that is played in the south as a hornpipe.


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)]].  
Collector Samuel Bayard (1981) agreed that the hornpipe was an "exceedingly well-known" piece whose title was almost invariably the same, and he found it as popular among fifers in his collecting region (southwestern Pennsylvania) it was with fiddlers.  


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]].
Rickett's Hornpipe was also popular with northeastern U.S. fiddlers, notes Bronner (1987), who writes that by the 1850's it was a common selection for fiddle-tune collections. It retained its popularity into the 20th century and was cited as having frequently been played for country dances in Orange County, New York, in the 1930's (Lettie Osborn, '''New York Folklore Quarterly''').
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Revision as of 15:11, 29 August 2024



The particular Rickett honored in the title was a circus promoter, one John Bill Ricketts (1769-1800), a Scottish immigrant who came from England in 1792 and flourished in America through the 1790's until his Philadelphia enterprise was destroyed in a fire on Dec. 17, 1799.
Rickett's Hornpipe

Played by: Kevin Roth
Source: [1]
Image: Rickett's Circus, Philadelphia, on the corner of Market and 12th St.

Rickett's Hornpipe

The earliest appearance of the melody is in Alexander McGlashan's Edinburgh-published Collection of Scots Measures of 1781, with the title Danced by Aldridge, a reference to the great Irish-born dancer of the late 18th century Robert Aldridge (see note for "Aldridge's Hornpipe").

Unfortunately, McGlashan's 3rd measure in the first strain is garbled, and the fourth measure is missing altogether in the printed version (making the first strain only seven measures long).

The tune was popular in Britain under a few titles, chiefly Manchester Hornpipe and Yarmouth Hornpipe. Imported to America, it became a very popular melody in all regions and genres; in the Appalachians it was one of the imported hornpipe tunes that survived relatively intact, and was only slightly less common among fiddlers than Fisher's Hornpipe, which is easier to play.

In the South the tune lost all connections with the hornpipe dance, and is often played at the same pace as a breakdown. Not everywhere, however, for as Mike Yates (2002) remarks, “the tune was actually more popular in the northern cities and is one of the few tunes that is played in the south as a hornpipe.”

Collector Samuel Bayard (1981) agreed that the hornpipe was an "exceedingly well-known" piece whose title was almost invariably the same, and he found it as popular among fifers in his collecting region (southwestern Pennsylvania) it was with fiddlers.

Rickett's Hornpipe was also popular with northeastern U.S. fiddlers, notes Bronner (1987), who writes that by the 1850's it was a common selection for fiddle-tune collections. It retained its popularity into the 20th century and was cited as having frequently been played for country dances in Orange County, New York, in the 1930's (Lettie Osborn, New York Folklore Quarterly).

...more at: Rickett's Hornpipe - full Score(s) and Annotations



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