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STAGE HORNPIPE [1], THE. AKA and see “Kielder Jock's,” "Merrymaker's Club,” “Norfolk Hornpipe (2) (The),” “Omnibus (The).” English, Irish; Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was composed as “Omnibus (The)” by the 19th century Tyneside fiddler-composer James Hill, famous for his hornpipe compositions. Under the title “The Stage”, the hornpipe was published in the Newcastle Courant in 1882. Stage hornpipes were danced on stage for some one hundred and fifty years, although their heyday was in the latter half of the 18th century when several performers made their reputations dancing various hornpipes. They were still regularly performed between acts in plays as late as 1840 or 1850 (Kidson). A distanced version of Hill’s “Stage Hornpipe” tune was recorded in New York 1927 by the renowned County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945), paired with “Western Hornpipe,” and was also recorded in 1939 by fiddler Hugh Gillespie with flute player John McKenna (who accompanied Gillespie on guitar). Coleman was an accomplished step dancer as well as a master fiddler and actually danced a stage hornpipe in the 1920’s while simultaneously playing the instrument, when he was hired as an entertainer on a tour of Keith’s Theaters. Influential Cape Breton fiddler Angus Chisholm learned the tune from Coleman’s recording, and it has been recorded by Johnny Wilmot, John Campbell, and others in the island’s tradition.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Michael Coleman [Miller & Perron].

Printed sources : - Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 2), 1974; No. 49. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 204, p. 76. McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 85, p. 21. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, vol. 2), 1977; No. 37. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 123 (two versions). Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 19, p. 93. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 216.

Recorded sources : - Compass Records 7 4522 2, 2009, Madden, Conway, McComiskey, Dolan - "The Pride of New York" (2009). Decca 12233-B (78 RPM), Hugh Gillespie with John McKenna (1939). Front Hall FHR 020, Alistair Anderson - "Dookin' for Apples" (1979). Gael-Linn CEF 153, Paddy Glackin – “In Full Spate” (1991). Gael-Linn Records CEF 161“Michael Coleman 1891-1945” (1992. Reissue of 1927 recording). IRC Records, "Musical Glory of Old Sligo." Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien, Daithi Sproule – “Traditional Music of Ireland” (1981).

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [3]

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