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The dance is done in hard shoes. Perhaps the best known example is the "Sailors' Hornpipe". There are two basic types of common-time hornpipe, ones like the "Sailors' Hornpipe", moving in even notes, sometimes notated in 2 2, moving a little slower than a reel, and ones like "The Harvest Home", moving in dotted notes. Some 19th-century examples ...
A letter written in 1862 by a soldier in North Carolina described some of Tom's eccentric capabilities: "One of his most remarkable feats was the performance of three pieces of music at once. He played 'Fisher's Hornpipe' with one hand and 'Yankee Doodle' with the other and sang 'Dixie' all at once. He also played a piece with his back to the ...
Pickin' & Fiddlin' is the third album by American band the Dillards, recorded with up and coming fiddle player Byron Berline.The album is entirely instrumental, with no vocals.
A recording of the fiddler Tommy Jarrell playing "Fisher's Hornpipe" can be heard online. [ 16 ] The "Appalachian" or "mountain" dulcimer , thought to have been a modification of a Germanic instrument such as the scheitholt , (or possibly the Norwegian langeleik or the French épinette des Vosges ) emerged in Southwest Pennsylvania and ...
Fisher’s Hornpipe Medley – vin: Charles D’Almaine: 1913 1771: Just Plain Folks: Ada Jones & Chorus: 1913 1772: Somewhere: Charles K. Harris: Irving Gillette and Chorus: 1913 1773: Invitation to the Waltz: Carl Maria von Weber: National Military Band: 1913 1774: Italian Army March – Accordion solo: Guido Deiro: 1913 1775: The Dream ...
The Sailor's Hornpipe (also known as The College Hornpipe and Jack's the Lad [1]) is a traditional hornpipe melody and linked dance with origins in the Royal Navy. [ 2 ] History
Architect Frederick Fisher has worked on cultural projects that include the Getty Villa, the Huntington and MoMA PS1. Now his studio is helping refresh the Natural History Museum.
He has published four novels: Fisher's Hornpipe (1983), McX: A Romance of the Dour (1991), Arithmetic (1998) and Who Sleeps with Katz (2003). He has also written for Granta magazine and contributed book reviews to The Guardian and other newspapers. He teaches creative writing at the University of Kent.