Batchelder's Reel

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Theme code Index	1H3H72 1H554b
Also known as	Atlanta Hornpipe, Quigley’s Reel
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Newt Tolman
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Nelson Music Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 9
Year of publication/Date of MS	1969
Artist
Title of recording	New England Contra Dance Music
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Kicking Mule KM216
Year recorded	1977
Media
Score ()

X:1
T:Batchelder's Reel
L:1/8
M:C|
K:F
f2af ef ge|f2c2c2=Bc|dc BA BA GF|EF GA Bc de|
f2af ef ge|f2c2 (3cdc =Bc|dc BA BA GF|EF GE F4:|
|:A2cA cA cA|B2dB dB dB|A2cA cA cA|BA GF EF GB|
A2cA cA cA|B2dB dB dB|Ac fa bg eg|f2a2f2c2:||

BATCHELDER'S (REEL). AKA and see "Atlanta Hornpipe," "Quigley’s Reel." American, Canadian; Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune has sometimes been credited to the fiddler of the title, Alvah Batchelder, but is also associated with Albert Quigly under a title with his name; they were both noted New England fiddlers. It appears in Ryan's Mamouth Collection (1883) and Cole's 1000 (1940) as the "Atlanta Hornpipe." The tune is a popular number among North American contra dance circles and can be found in the Pacific Northwest as well as New England.

Sources for notated versions: Jane McBride with Strathspey [Phillips]; accordion player Laurie Andres (Seattle) [Songer].

Printed sources: Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 130. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 19. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 24. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; p. 9.

Recorded sources: Alcazar Dance Series FR 203, "New England Chestnuts" (1980). Kicking Mule KM216, Strathspey - "New England Contra Dance Music" (1977).

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