Annotation:Fisher's Wedding (The)
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FISHER'S WEDDING. Scottish (originally), Canadian; Reel. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AABB (Kerr, Perlman, Stewart-Robertson): AABB' (Cranford/Fitzgerald).
Source for notated version: Kenny Chaisson (b. c. 1947, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Rollo Bay) [Perlman]: Winston Fitzgerald (1914–1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].
Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes), 1997; No. 156, p. 62. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3), No. 162, p. 19. Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 6, 1844–1845; p. 20. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 117. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 216. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 112.
Recorded sources:
Culburnie COL 102, Alasdair Fraser & Jody Stecher – "The Driven Bow" (1988).
See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]