Annotation:Prince Albert's Hornpipe (2)

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PRINCE ALBERT'S HORNPIPE [2]. Scottish, Canadian, American; Hornpipe. C Major (Cole): D Major (Messer). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was first printed in Boston publisher Elias Howe's Musician's Companion, Part 3 (1844), where it is attributed to one E.L. White. White seems to have been a journeyman musician-composer, and is listed as one of the authors of Cecillian Glee Book in an 1858 advertisement of the catalogue of Boston music publishers Russell & Fuller. The title honors Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha [1] (1819-1861), who married his cousin, Queen Victoria, in 1839.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 92. Howe (The Musician’s Companion, Part 3), 1844; p. 14. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3), c. 1880’s; p. 39. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 68. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 114, p. 71. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 126.

Recorded sources: Celtic Music Co. 019 (78 RPM), Hugh A. MacDonald (1935).

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]