Bill Charlton's Fancy

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Theme code Index	1H765 5L55L4
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Billy Pigg
Region	England
Genre/Style	Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
Accidental
Mode
Time signature	6/8
History	ENGLAND(North East)
Structure	AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Northumbrian Pipers' Society
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Northumbrian Pipers' Tune Book (The)T
Tune and/or Page number	p. 16
Year of publication/Date of MS	1970
Artist	Biography:Billy Pigg
Title of recording	Border Minstrel (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Leader LER 4006
Year recorded
Media
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BILL CHARLTON'S FANCY. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD Composed by Northumbrian smallpipes player Billy Pigg (1902-1968), who was inspired by raindrops running down a window-pane. His friend Bill Charlton liked it, so Pigg named it for him. The latter two parts are variation sets, and the fourth shifts to 2/4 time. Bill Charlton was a piper and a member of an influential piping family in Northumberland, along with his brother Forster.

Printed source: Northumbrian Piper's Tune Book, 1970; p. 16.

Recorded sources: Front Hall FHR-08, Alistair Anderson - "Tradtional Tunes" (1976). Leader LER 4006, Billy Pigg - "The Border Minstrel."

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