Annotation:Jim Anderson's Delight: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
'''JIM ANDERSON'S DELIGHT'''. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by the late Shetland composer, pianist and piano-accordion player Ronnie Cooper [http://www.shetland-music.com/prominent_artists/artists_of_the_past/ronnie_cooper_%281934-1982%29/] (1934-1982), of Lerwick, a self-taught musician. The person named in the title was a bartender who worked in the Queens Hotel, Lerwick, who always responded "delighted" when asked 'how he was'. His nickname soon became "Jimmy Delighted". | '''JIM ANDERSON'S DELIGHT'''. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by the late Shetland composer, pianist and piano-accordion player Ronnie Cooper [http://www.shetland-music.com/prominent_artists/artists_of_the_past/ronnie_cooper_%281934-1982%29/] (1934-1982), of Lerwick, a self-taught musician. The person named in the title was a bartender who worked in the Queens Hotel, Lerwick, who always responded "delighted" when asked 'how he was'. His nickname soon became "Jimmy Delighted". | ||
[[File:cooper.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Ronnie Cooper]] | |||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
Revision as of 20:07, 20 February 2012
Tune properties and standard notation
JIM ANDERSON'S DELIGHT. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by the late Shetland composer, pianist and piano-accordion player Ronnie Cooper [1] (1934-1982), of Lerwick, a self-taught musician. The person named in the title was a bartender who worked in the Queens Hotel, Lerwick, who always responded "delighted" when asked 'how he was'. His nickname soon became "Jimmy Delighted".
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; p. 50.
Recorded sources: