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'''GUIZER'S MARCH, DA'''. Shetland, March (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed around 1909 by Gideon Stove (1875-1954), who as a young man was offered a chair with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, but who preferred to remain in the Shetlands "where he was a much respected musician and teacher" (Hunter, 1979). This march was written for the Up Helly Aa [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Helly_Aa] procession which was at one time led by a fiddle band, although now by a brass band. A 'guizer' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiser] is a masquerader ('disguser'), and costumes featured in the event. The tune is also used in Shetland for dancing a two-step. | '''GUIZER'S MARCH, DA'''. Shetland, March (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed around 1909 by Gideon Stove (1875-1954), who as a young man was offered a chair with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, but who preferred to remain in the Shetlands "where he was a much respected musician and teacher" (Hunter, 1979). This march was written for the Up Helly Aa [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Helly_Aa] procession which was at one time led by a fiddle band, although now by a brass band. A 'guizer' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiser] is a masquerader ('disguser'), and costumes featured in the event. The tune is also used in Shetland for dancing a two-step. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Anderson & Georgeson ('''Da Mirrie Dancers'''), 1970; p. 29. Hunter ('''Fiddle Music of Scotland'''), 1988; No. 344. Songer ('''Portland Collection, vol. 2'''), 2005; p. 81. '''Shetland Violinist: The Gideon Stove Tune Book, vol. 1'''. | ''Printed sources'': Anderson & Georgeson ('''Da Mirrie Dancers'''), 1970; p. 29. Hunter ('''Fiddle Music of Scotland'''), 1988; No. 344. Songer ('''Portland Collection, vol. 2'''), 2005; p. 81. '''Shetland Violinist: The Gideon Stove Tune Book, vol. 1'''. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>BM-91, Buddy MacMaster - "Glencoe Hall."</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>BM-91, Buddy MacMaster - "Glencoe Hall."</font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/g10.htm#Guima]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/g10.htm#Guima]<br> | ||
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GUIZER'S MARCH, DA. Shetland, March (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed around 1909 by Gideon Stove (1875-1954), who as a young man was offered a chair with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, but who preferred to remain in the Shetlands "where he was a much respected musician and teacher" (Hunter, 1979). This march was written for the Up Helly Aa [1] procession which was at one time led by a fiddle band, although now by a brass band. A 'guizer' [2] is a masquerader ('disguser'), and costumes featured in the event. The tune is also used in Shetland for dancing a two-step.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers), 1970; p. 29. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 344. Songer (Portland Collection, vol. 2), 2005; p. 81. Shetland Violinist: The Gideon Stove Tune Book, vol. 1.
Recorded sources: BM-91, Buddy MacMaster - "Glencoe Hall."
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [3]
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