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NEW HARMONY. American, Hornpipe (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. M. Higgins' 1829 collection, consisting of some forty-one dance melodies, appears to have been originally published in New York. Every tune has an American place-name or the name of a public figure, including "Van Beuren's [sic] Hornpipe,"--Martin Van Buren was governor of New York in 1829, the year Higgins published his collection. New York region titles seem to predominate: "Bushwick Reel," "Middletown Hornpipe," "Hackensack Reel," "Yorkville Waltz" (Yorkville is an area on the upper East Side, Manhattan). "Jackson's Hornpipe" and "Hickory Hornpipe" probably refer Tennessee soldier and politician Andrew Jackson, who held office as seventh President of the United States (1829–1837).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Higgins (Original Dances, Waltzes and Hornpipes for the Violin), 1829; p. 6.

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