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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 ...
There are two variations of the hornpipe dance: fast and slow. Usually, more experienced dancers will do the slow hornpipe, but younger dancers will start out with the fast hornpipe and then switch in later years. There is a change of tempo in the music, but not the dancing between these two speeds.
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 ...
Tangleweed recorded an interpretation of the popular sea shanty "South Australia" for the "Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook Series, volume 2", on Chicago-based Bloodshot Records. The recording is actually a medley of two tunes, as the band inserted the traditional fiddle tune Fisher's Hornpipe between verses. The Songbook Series sessions ...
Appalachian Journey is the second album from the string trio of bassist and composer Edgar Meyer, fiddler and composer Mark O'Connor, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. James Taylor and Alison Krauss join the trio individually on two Stephen Foster songs arranged for the trio.
The issued songs show a variety of music styles, from gospel to folk music. [4] ... Fisher's Hornpipe - Unissued; Fisher's Hornpipe - Columbia 15011-D; 1927.
Fe is the debut album by Chicago-based alternative country band Souled American.It was released in 1988 by Rough Trade Records, and re-released, as part of the Framed box set, by tUMULt Records in 1999.
The tune was first printed as the "College Hornpipe" in 1797 or 1798 by J. Dale of London. [3] However, versions of the tune are found in earlier manuscript collections – for example, a syncopated version in the William Vickers manuscript, written on Tyneside, dated 1770.