Annotation:Lake on the Mountain: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
<p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
'''LAKE ON THE MOUNTAIN'''. Canadian, Jig. Composed by the late champion fiddler Graham Townsend [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/emc/graham-townsend] (1942-1998), of Ontario. Central New York fiddler Chad Miller reports the tune has become a regional 'standard' of sorts, stemming from a performance by Graham and Eleanor Townsend at a Fiddler's Picnic in Osceola, NY. | '''LAKE ON THE MOUNTAIN'''. Canadian, Jig. Composed by the late champion fiddler Graham Townsend [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/emc/graham-townsend] (1942-1998), of Ontario. Central New York fiddler Chad Miller reports the tune has become a regional 'standard' of sorts, stemming from a performance by Graham and Eleanor Townsend at a Fiddler's Picnic in Osceola, NY. | ||
In Townsend's tunebook "30 Fiddle Tunes" the tune appears in the key of C. | |||
[[File:townsend.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Graham Townsend]] | [[File:townsend.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Graham Townsend]] | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
Latest revision as of 05:12, 7 November 2020
Back to Lake on the Mountain
LAKE ON THE MOUNTAIN. Canadian, Jig. Composed by the late champion fiddler Graham Townsend [1] (1942-1998), of Ontario. Central New York fiddler Chad Miller reports the tune has become a regional 'standard' of sorts, stemming from a performance by Graham and Eleanor Townsend at a Fiddler's Picnic in Osceola, NY. In Townsend's tunebook "30 Fiddle Tunes" the tune appears in the key of C.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Townsend (Thirty Fiddle Tunes).
Recorded sources: Arc AS 817, Graham Townsend - "North American Fiddle Champion" (196?). Graham & Eleanor Townsend - "Canadian Country Classics: Favourite Square Dances With Calls" (1997).
Back to Lake on the Mountain