Batchelder's Reel

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 Theme code Index    1H3H72 1H554b
 Also known as    Atlanta Hornpipe, Quigley’s Reel
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Contra
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Newt Tolman
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Nelson Music Collection
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 9
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1969
 Artist    
 Title of recording    New England Contra Dance Music
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Kicking Mule KM216
 Year recorded    1977
 Media    
 Score   ()   


X:1
T:Batchelder's Reel
L:1/8
M:C|
K:F
f2af efge|f2c2c2=Bc|dcBA BAGF|EFGA Bcde|
f2af efge|f2c2 (3cdc =Bc|dcBA BAGF|EFGE F4:|
|:A2cA cAcA|B2dB dBdB|A2cA cAcA|BAGF EFGB|
A2cA cAcA|B2dB dBdB|Acfa bgeg|f2a2f2c2:||


BATCHELDER'S (REEL). AKA and see "Atlanta Hornpipe," "Quigley’s Reel." American, Canadian; Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune has sometimes been credited to the fiddler of the title, Alvah Batchelder, but is also associated with Albert Quigly under a title with his name; they were both noted New England fiddlers. It appears in Ryan's Mamouth Collection (1883) and Cole's 1000 (1940) as the "Atlanta Hornpipe." The tune is a popular number among North American contra dance circles and can be found in the Pacific Northwest as well as New England.

Sources for notated versions: Jane McBride with Strathspey [Phillips]; accordion player Laurie Andres (Seattle) [Songer].

Printed sources: Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 130. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 19. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 24. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; p. 9.

Recorded sources: Alcazar Dance Series FR 203, "New England Chestnuts" (1980). Kicking Mule KM216, Strathspey - "New England Contra Dance Music" (1977).

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