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'''LEVANTINE'S BARREL.''' AKA - "Leavatine's Barrel," "Leventine's Barrel." AKA and see "[[Bummer's Reel (1)]]." Canadian, American; Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. D Major (Coles, Messer, Perlman, Silberberg, Songer): G Major (Miller & Perron). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (most versions). New York musician, writer and researcher Don Meade informs that the tune was named after an 1870's variety theatre entertainer named F.F. Levantine, whose most famous act involved a spinning barrel. The melody is similar to "[[Peaches and Cream]]." See Bayard's (1944) note for "[[ | '''LEVANTINE'S BARREL.''' AKA - "Leavatine's Barrel," "Leventine's Barrel." AKA and see "[[Bummer's Reel (1)]]." Canadian, American; Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. D Major (Coles, Messer, Perlman, Silberberg, Songer): G Major (Miller & Perron). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (most versions). New York musician, writer and researcher Don Meade informs that the tune was named after an 1870's variety theatre entertainer named F.F. Levantine, whose most famous act involved a spinning barrel. The melody is similar to "[[Peaches and Cream]]." See Bayard's (1944) note for "[[Bummer's Reel (1)]]." | ||
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LEVANTINE'S BARREL. AKA - "Leavatine's Barrel," "Leventine's Barrel." AKA and see "Bummer's Reel (1)." Canadian, American; Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. D Major (Coles, Messer, Perlman, Silberberg, Songer): G Major (Miller & Perron). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (most versions). New York musician, writer and researcher Don Meade informs that the tune was named after an 1870's variety theatre entertainer named F.F. Levantine, whose most famous act involved a spinning barrel. The melody is similar to "Peaches and Cream." See Bayard's (1944) note for "Bummer's Reel (1)."
Sources for notated versions: Sterling Baker (b. Mid-1940's, Morell, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Laurie Andres (Seattle) [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 21. Howe, c. 1860 (appears as "Bummer's Reel"). Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 21. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 41, p. 30. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler's Repertoire), 1983; No. 144. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 71. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 46. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 90. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 124.
Recorded sources:
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