Balkan Hornpipe

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Theme code Index	1H7 1H2H 1H7L 3H1H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 125
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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BALKAN HORNPIPE. American, Scottish; Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Cole): AABB' (Kerr). The composition is credited to "Hayes" in Ryan's Mammoth Collection, perhaps a tongue-in-cheek reference to President Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893), elected in 1876, and one of a few such jokes in Ryan's. Although his opponent, Tilden, won the popular vote, Hayes won the electoral vote and was confirmed in 1877. During the same year Russia went to war against Turkey, and the Balkans were a main theatre of the war, however, the exact connection with Hayes is obscure.

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 91. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 359, pg. 339. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 125.

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