Annotation:Madam Neruda

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MADAM NERUDA. Scottish, Hornpipe. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) in honor of Wilhelmina Neruda [1] (1838-1911), Lady Hallé, a celebrated concert violinist of the Victorian era who made her first public appearance as a violinist in Vienna at the age of seven, playing one of Bach's Violin Sonatas. She became Lady Halle when she married Sir Charles Halle, founder of the famous English orchestra. Skinner recorded the tune in the 1920's as part of his "Celebrated Hornpipes" medley. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote of Sherlock Holmes attending one of her concerts in his story "A Study in Scarlet".

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; pg. 127. Skinner (The Logie Collection), .

Recorded sources: Flying Fish FF 70572, Frank Ferrel - "Yankee Dreams: Wicked Good Fiddling from New England" (1991). Great Meadow Music GMM 2002, Rodney Miller & David Surette - "New Leaf" (2000).




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