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'''HODDOM/HODDAM CASTLE'''. Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major (Carlin): G Major (Gatherer). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was composed by Mr. (Charles) Sharpe of Hoddam as a slow air, although the tune is un-attributed in the Gows' '''Third Collection''' (1792), in which other tunes are attributed to Sharpe (for more on whom see "[[Mr. Sharpe's Delight]]"). Hoddam Castle [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoddom_Castle] is in the vicinity of Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, southwest Scotland. It was sold in 1690 to John Sharpe and remained in the family for several generations. [[File:hoddam.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Hoddom Castle]] | '''HODDOM/HODDAM CASTLE'''. Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major (Carlin): G Major (Gatherer). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was composed by Mr. (Charles) Sharpe of Hoddam as a slow air, although the tune is un-attributed in the Gows' '''Third Collection''' (1792), in which other tunes are attributed to Sharpe (for more on whom see "[[Mr. Sharpe's Delight]]"). Hoddam Castle [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoddom_Castle] is in the vicinity of Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, southwest Scotland. It was sold in 1690 to John Sharpe and remained in the family for several generations. [[File:hoddam.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Hoddom Castle]] | ||
[[File:Charles-Kirkpatrick-Sharpe-portrait-.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Charles Sharpe of Hoddom]] | [[File:Charles-Kirkpatrick-Sharpe-portrait-.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Antiquarian Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe of Hoddom, son of Charles Sharpe the composer of the air]] | ||
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''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 333. Gatherer ('''Gatherer's Musical Museum'''), 1987; p. 22. Gow ('''Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels'''), 1792; p. 6 (3rd ed.). | ''Printed sources'': Aird ('''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4'''), 1796; No. 133, p. 51. Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 333. Gatherer ('''Gatherer's Musical Museum'''), 1987; p. 22. Gow ('''Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels'''), 1792; p. 6 (3rd ed.). | ||
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HODDOM/HODDAM CASTLE. Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major (Carlin): G Major (Gatherer). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was composed by Mr. (Charles) Sharpe of Hoddam as a slow air, although the tune is un-attributed in the Gows' Third Collection (1792), in which other tunes are attributed to Sharpe (for more on whom see "Mr. Sharpe's Delight"). Hoddam Castle [1] is in the vicinity of Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, southwest Scotland. It was sold in 1690 to John Sharpe and remained in the family for several generations.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 133, p. 51. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 333. Gatherer (Gatherer's Musical Museum), 1987; p. 22. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1792; p. 6 (3rd ed.).
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