Annotation:Daniel Wright's Hornpipe (1)

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DANIEL WRIGHT'S HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe (3/2 time). England, North-West. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFF. Presumably a (perhaps untitled) hornpipe from early 18th century London musical instrument seller and publisher Daniel Wright, whose shop was "next door to ye Sun Tavern, ye corner of Brook Street, in Holborn near the barrs." He had a son in the business, also Daniel Wright.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 66.

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