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'''LORD CATHCART.''' AKA - "[[Lord Cathcart's Favourite]]." English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. In America the melody appears in George Willig's '''Collection of Popular Country Dances, No. 1''' (Philadelphia, 1812) and the first volume of Edward Riley's '''Flute Melodies''' (New York, 1814). Middletown, Conn., fifer Gerge Bevens included it in his commonplace book of 1825. It also appears in Balls' '''Gentleman's Amusement Book 3''' (London, 1815), a publication later reissued in London and Philadelphia in 1830. | '''LORD CATHCART.''' AKA - "[[Lord Cathcart's Favourite]]." English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. In America the melody appears in George Willig's '''Collection of Popular Country Dances, No. 1''' (Philadelphia, 1812) and the first volume of Edward Riley's '''Flute Melodies''' (New York, 1814). Middletown, Conn., fifer Gerge Bevens included it in his commonplace book of 1825. It also appears in Balls' '''Gentleman's Amusement Book 3''' (London, 1815), a publication later reissued in London and Philadelphia in 1830. | ||
Lord Cathcart’s Welcome Home is certainly an | |||
anonymous piece, though it is, in fact, no more | |||
than the theme of the last movement of the | |||
‘Military’ Symphony No. 100. It is not likely that | |||
Haydn borrowed an existing country dance to | |||
conclude his symphony although the choice of a | |||
piece named after a military commander would | |||
surely have been appreciated by his audience. | |||
Rather, it would indicate the extraordinary | |||
popularity of Haydn’s folk-like melodies even | |||
when detached from their orchestral setting. | |||
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LORD CATHCART. AKA - "Lord Cathcart's Favourite." English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. In America the melody appears in George Willig's Collection of Popular Country Dances, No. 1 (Philadelphia, 1812) and the first volume of Edward Riley's Flute Melodies (New York, 1814). Middletown, Conn., fifer Gerge Bevens included it in his commonplace book of 1825. It also appears in Balls' Gentleman's Amusement Book 3 (London, 1815), a publication later reissued in London and Philadelphia in 1830.
Lord Cathcart’s Welcome Home is certainly an
anonymous piece, though it is, in fact, no more
than the theme of the last movement of the
‘Military’ Symphony No. 100. It is not likely that
Haydn borrowed an existing country dance to
conclude his symphony although the choice of a
piece named after a military commander would
surely have been appreciated by his audience.
Rather, it would indicate the extraordinary
popularity of Haydn’s folk-like melodies even
when detached from their orchestral setting.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Colclough (Tutor for the Irish Union Pipes), c. 1830; p. 14.
Recorded sources:
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