Annotation:Newcastle Hornpipe (1) (The)

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NEWCASTLE HORNPIPE [1], THE. AKA - "New Castle," "Newcastle Clog." AKA and see "McCormack's," "Newcastle Hill Clog," "Prince Albert's Hornpipe (1)." Scottish, English, Irish, Canadian; Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. Canada, Cape Breton. C Major (Hunter): B Flat Major (Cranford, Hardie, Kerr, O'Malley). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Hardie, Hunter): AABB (Cranford): AA'BB' (Kerr, O'Malley). Composed by fiddler and renowned hornpipe composer biography:James Hill (c. 1815-c. 1860), a native of Dundee who spent most of his life at Gateshead, northeast England, near Newcastle, Northumberland. Regarding the alternate title, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert officiated at the opening of the High Level Bridge and the Central Station in Newcastle, and Hill may have been honoring both the monarchy and the new structures which graced his city.

Famed Irish fiddler Michael Coleman recorded the tune in 1936 in New York under the title "McCormacks", paired with another Hill composition ("High Level Hornpipe (1)"). The guitar backup on the recording is atrocious. Canadian fiddler Don Messer recorded it as "Newcastle Hill."

Source for notated version: New York fiddler Larry Redican (d. 1975), born in Dublin [O'Malley].

Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland's Collection of Fiddle Tunes), 1995; No. 44, p. 13. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 62. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 325. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1875; No. 30, p. 46. O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music), 1976; No. 125, p. 63.

Recorded sources: Decca 12076 (78 RPM), Michael Coleman (1936, as "McCormacks"). Rounder Records, "Jerry Holland" (1976). Shanachie 14001, "The Early Recordings of Angus Chisholm" (Cape Breton). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40481, Brian Conway - "First Through the Gate" (2002).

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]
Hear Michael Coleman's 1936 recording at the Internet Archive [4] (2nd tune in medley, preceded by "High Level Hornpipe (1)").



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