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'''BILLY BARLOW [2].''' American, Minstrel Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The | '''BILLY BARLOW [2].''' American, Minstrel Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.The melody appears in one of the earliest collection of minstrel songs and tunes, The Complete Preceptor for the Banjo (1848), by 'Gumbo Chaff', a pseudonym for Boston collector and music publisher Elias Howe. Howe published his book in 1848, but soon afterward sold the rights to it and several of his other publications to fellow Boston publisher Oliver Ditson, who re-issued the tutor in 1851. The Chaff book can only be considered a 'tutor' in the broadest sense--there are a few pages devoted to fingering and scales on the banjo, but the majority of the book is in simple music notation, with no effort at describing how the melodies are to be played on the instrument. Ditson adapted Howe's publication for the fiddle as well, issuing nearly the identical work as a fiddle tutor in 1851. | ||
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The second strain is shared with "[[Billy Barlow (1)]]", printed by Francis O'Neill in '''Music of Ireland''' (1903). It appears as the first strain in O'Neill's tune, although accompanying strains differ. | |||
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BILLY BARLOW [2]. American, Minstrel Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.The melody appears in one of the earliest collection of minstrel songs and tunes, The Complete Preceptor for the Banjo (1848), by 'Gumbo Chaff', a pseudonym for Boston collector and music publisher Elias Howe. Howe published his book in 1848, but soon afterward sold the rights to it and several of his other publications to fellow Boston publisher Oliver Ditson, who re-issued the tutor in 1851. The Chaff book can only be considered a 'tutor' in the broadest sense--there are a few pages devoted to fingering and scales on the banjo, but the majority of the book is in simple music notation, with no effort at describing how the melodies are to be played on the instrument. Ditson adapted Howe's publication for the fiddle as well, issuing nearly the identical work as a fiddle tutor in 1851.
The second strain is shared with "Billy Barlow (1)", printed by Francis O'Neill in Music of Ireland (1903). It appears as the first strain in O'Neill's tune, although accompanying strains differ.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Chaff (The Complete Preceptor for the Banjo), 1851; p. 14.
Recorded sources: