Czar of Russia's Favorite

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 Theme code Index    1H355 1H355
 Also known as    West's Hornpipe
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Contra
 Meter/Rhythm    Hornpipe/Clog
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 151
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1883
 Artist    Biography:James Bryan
 Title of recording    Lookout Blues
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Rounder 0175
 Year recorded    1983
 Media    
 Score   ()   


CZAR OF RUSSIA'S FAVORITE. AKA and see "West's Hornpipe." American, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The Czar of Russia just prior to the tunes publication in 1883 by Boston publisher Elias Howe (Ryan's Mammoth Collection) was Alexander II (1818–81), who sold Alaska to the United States in 1867. After his assassination he was succeeded by his son, Alexander III (1845–94). The hornpipe perhaps commemorates one or the other. However, the melody is printed in Kerr's Merry Melodies vol. 1 as "West's Hornpipe," a title N.Y. musician and researcher Don Meade suggests may refer to the dancing partner of American variety stage performer Johnnie Queen (who toured Britain in the 1880's). Charles Gore dates "Wests" to a c. 1790 publication, so perhaps there is an ancestral tune and title to be found, with both "Czar of Russia" and "West's" titles becoming attached much later.

Source for notated version: James Bryan (Ala.) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 114. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 189. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 151.

Recorded source: Rounder 0175, James Bryan - "Lookout Blues" (1983).


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[A2f2] AB cAcA | [A2f2]AB cAcA | dcBA G2(ga) | bgaf fedc | [A2f2]AB cAcA | 
[A2f2]AB cAcA | dcBA G2(ga) | bgfe f2z2 :: a2 fa fafa | gee g egeg | a2 fa fafa | 
gfed ({d}c2) cd | fdfd ecec | fdfd ecec | fagf edc=B |1 cGEG Cefg :|2 cGEG Cgfe || 


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