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'''ROCKET HORNPIPE THE.''' Scottish, Hornpipe. D Major (Kerr): F Major (Cranford/Holland). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A 19th century hornpipe written in the ‘Newcastle’ style, according to Nigel Gatherer, with similarities to “[[Newcastle Hornpipe (1) (The)]]” composed by the principal proponent of the style, Tyneside fiddler-composer and publican James Hill. Gatherer thinks the tune likely named in honor of Stephenson’s Rocket, an early steam locomotive of 1829-30. Another explanation might possibly be that in Ireland (and in Scotland?), especially in Limerick, a rocket was a little girls’ frock, adapted from the English-French ''rochet'' (P.W. Joyce). It was recorded by Shetland fiddler Arthur Scott Robertson (preceded by “[[College Hornpipe (The)]]”). | '''ROCKET HORNPIPE THE.''' Scottish (originally), Canadian; Hornpipe. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major (Kerr): F Major (Cranford/Holland). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A 19th century hornpipe written in the ‘Newcastle’ style, according to Nigel Gatherer, with similarities to “[[Newcastle Hornpipe (1) (The)]]” composed by the principal proponent of the style, Tyneside fiddler-composer and publican James Hill. Gatherer thinks the tune likely named in honor of Stephenson’s Rocket, an early steam locomotive of 1829-30. Another explanation might possibly be that in Ireland (and in Scotland?), especially in Limerick, a rocket was a little girls’ frock, adapted from the English-French ''rochet'' (P.W. Joyce). It was recorded by Shetland fiddler Arthur Scott Robertson (preceded by “[[College Hornpipe (The)]]”). | ||
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<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - Rounder Records, “Jerry Holland” (1976). </font> | <font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - Rounder Records 7006, Theresa and Marie MacLellan - "Trip to Mabou Ridge" (1979). Rounder Records 7008, “Jerry Holland” (1976). </font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | |||
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t215.html]<br> | |||
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ROCKET HORNPIPE THE. Scottish (originally), Canadian; Hornpipe. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major (Kerr): F Major (Cranford/Holland). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A 19th century hornpipe written in the ‘Newcastle’ style, according to Nigel Gatherer, with similarities to “Newcastle Hornpipe (1) (The)” composed by the principal proponent of the style, Tyneside fiddler-composer and publican James Hill. Gatherer thinks the tune likely named in honor of Stephenson’s Rocket, an early steam locomotive of 1829-30. Another explanation might possibly be that in Ireland (and in Scotland?), especially in Limerick, a rocket was a little girls’ frock, adapted from the English-French rochet (P.W. Joyce). It was recorded by Shetland fiddler Arthur Scott Robertson (preceded by “College Hornpipe (The)”).