Annotation:Vestris' Hornpipe

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VESTRI'S HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Can be used as a Clog" (Cole). The title may refer to the English actress, dancer and singer Madame Vestris, who produced comedies and extravaganzas at the elegant little theatre, the Olympic, in the 1830’s.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 111. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 148.

Recorded sources:

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