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'''ALEX SANDY SKINNER'''. AKA - "Sandy F. Skinner." Scottish, Reel (cut time). A so-called 'double-tonic' tune composed in 1934 by Aberdeen fiddler and composer J. Murdoch Henderson (1902-1972), who has been named by some as the greatest exponent of the Scottish fiddle in the 20th century. | '''ALEX SANDY SKINNER'''. AKA - "(Alex) Sandy F. Skinner." Scottish, Reel (cut time). A so-called 'double-tonic' tune composed in 1934 by Aberdeen fiddler and composer J. Murdoch Henderson (1902-1972), who has been named by some as the greatest exponent of the Scottish fiddle in the 20th century, and creator of the first index of fiddle music collections. | ||
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Henderson's reel honors Sandy F. Skinner (1833-1883) of Banchory, the elder brother of the great Scots fiddle-composer [[biography:J. Scott Skinner]] (1843-1927), who was himself an accomplished fiddler and dancing master. Sandy, who helped raise his younger brother after their father's death, was J. Scott Skinner's first fiddle teacher, and they remained close until Sandy's death. | |||
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<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Cranford ('''Winston Fitzgerald'''), 1997; No. 153, p. 61. Henderson ('''Flowers of Scottish Melody'''), 1935. | <font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Cranford ('''Winston Fitzgerald'''), 1997; No. 153, p. 61. Henderson ('''Flowers of Scottish Melody'''), 1935; p. 29. | ||
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ALEX SANDY SKINNER. AKA - "(Alex) Sandy F. Skinner." Scottish, Reel (cut time). A so-called 'double-tonic' tune composed in 1934 by Aberdeen fiddler and composer J. Murdoch Henderson (1902-1972), who has been named by some as the greatest exponent of the Scottish fiddle in the 20th century, and creator of the first index of fiddle music collections.
Henderson's reel honors Sandy F. Skinner (1833-1883) of Banchory, the elder brother of the great Scots fiddle-composer biography:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), who was himself an accomplished fiddler and dancing master. Sandy, who helped raise his younger brother after their father's death, was J. Scott Skinner's first fiddle teacher, and they remained close until Sandy's death.
The tune was in the repertoire of Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton).