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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan" (Carignan learned the tune from an old recording by Cape Breton fiddler Angus Chisholm). WS 031703, Wendy MacIsaac - "Timeline" (2003). </font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Celtic LP CSX5 34, Winston Fitzgerald. Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan" (Carignan learned the tune from an old recording by Cape Breton fiddler Angus Chisholm). WS 031703, Wendy MacIsaac - "Timeline" (2003). </font> | ||
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GEORGE I. TAYLOR STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor (Welling): G Major (Carignan). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed in 1931 by Aberdeen fiddler J. Murdoch Henderson (1902-1972), called "one of the greatest exponents of the Scottish fiddle in the 20th century." The tune was named for Aberdeen musician Taylor, who was a "celebrated left handed fiddler."
Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].
Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 161, p. 64. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935. Welling (Hartford Collection), 1976; p. 20.
Recorded sources: Celtic LP CSX5 34, Winston Fitzgerald. Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan" (Carignan learned the tune from an old recording by Cape Breton fiddler Angus Chisholm). WS 031703, Wendy MacIsaac - "Timeline" (2003).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
Hear Cape Breton fiddler Winston Fitzgerald play the tune at the Internet Archive [2] (1st tune in a medley, followed by "Marquis of Huntly's Strathspey (1) (The)" and "Colonel McBain's").