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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

 


PRINCE ALBERT'S JIG. Cape Breton, Jig. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Donald MacLellan (Cape Breton) [Dunlay and Reich]. Dunlay and Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music from Cape Breton), 1986; pg. 71. Celtic 57 (SCX 57), Donald MacLellan‑ "The Fiddlers of Cape Breton" (various artists).

           

PRINCE ALBERT HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see “Newcastle Hornpipe [1].” English, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is attributed to the 19th century Tyneside fiddler and composer James Hill, in Kohler’s Violin Repository (Edinburgh, 1881-1885).

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Albert Prince Consort

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Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 52.

X:1

T:Prince Albert Hornpipe [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

Z:Honeyman – Stathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor  (1898)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

B>A|B2 B,2 (3dcB (3AGF|E2 (g2 g2) f>e|d>fB>d c>eA>c|B>ba>g f>ed>c|

B2 B,2 (3dcB (3AGF|E2 (g2 g2) f>e|d>fB>d c>eA>c|B>AB>c B2:|

|:D>C|B,>DF>B d>fb>a|g>^fg>a g2 C>B,|A,>CF>A c>fa>g|f>=ef>g f2 D>C|

B,>DF>B d>fb>a|g>^fg>a g>de>=e|f>ef>g f>ec>A|B>AB>c B2:|

 

PRINCE ALBERT'S HORNPIPE [2]. Canadian, American; Hornpipe. C Major (Cole): D Major (Messer). Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 92. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; pg. 39. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 68. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 114, pg. 71. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 126.

X:1

T:Prince Albert Hornpipe [2]

R:Hornpipe

M:2/4

L:1/16

Z:Transcribed by Bruce Osborne

K:D

fg|afdf ecAc|dcdB A2FG|Adcd Be^de|c2A2 A2fg|

afdf ecAc|dcdB A2dc|Bcde (3fga ec|d2f2 d2:|

|:cd|efge cABc|dcde f2ef|gaba gfed|c2e2 e2fg|

afdf ecAc|dcdB A2dc|Bcde fdec|d2f2 d2:|

                       

PRINCE ALBERT'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard. AB. Bill Hardie (1986) says, "This strathspey was frequently played at 'Auchencruive' and New Deer by my grandfather, Jim Dickie and Jim's brother, John Dickie of Turriff. John was also a prominent violinist and an outstanding tin whistle player." Source for notated version: Bill Hardie's grandfather, William Hardie Jr. (c. 1856-1944) [Hardie]. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; pg. 31.

                       

PRINCE ALBERT'S WALTZ. English?, Waltz. G Major. Standard. ABCC’. Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), c. 1859.

X:1

T:Prince Albert’s Waltz

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Waltz

S:Elias Howe – Diamond School for the Violin

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D2|B4G2|c4 A2|d6|B2d2g2|f4 A2|e4 d2|B6|D2G2A2| B4G2|c4 A2|d6|B2d2g2|

f4 a2|e4 a2|d2 dd d2|e2 ee e2|e2d2c2|B2d2g2|b6|a4 e2|a4 d2|b4 d2|g6||

e2 ee e2|e2d2c2|B2d2g2|b6|a4 d2|a2b2a2|g6||

|:g2f2=f2|e2 a3g|c6|B2 d3c|B6|d2 b3a|g6|f2e2d2|c6|{f}e2^d2e2|c6|{f}e2^d2e2|

g6|1 g2f2e2|f2 GG/G/ G2|f2e2d2|e2 GG/G/ G2:|2 c’ba gfe|d2e2f2|a2g2B2|c4||

                       

PRINCE CHARLES/CHARLIE [1] (Prionns Tearlach). Scottish, Cape Breton; Reel and Air. E Dorian/Minor. Standard. AB (Fraser, Kerr): AA'B (Athole). "The last music page of this work contains a note, which explains the opportunity the editor's grandfather enjoyed of acquiring particularly the airs connected with the rebellion of 1745, the scene of which, by Lord Lovat's accidental residence, having been brought so near his door. This reel to Prince Charles was struck up by Lord Lovat's minstrel, at celebrating intelligence of some of the Prince's successful movements in the south" (Fraser).

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Prince Charles Edward Stuart, dressed in armor. Painted by Maurice Quentin de la Tour.

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Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 191, pg. 79. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 7, No. 2, pg. 6. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 251. Rounder 7004, Joe Cormier ‑ "The Dances Down Home" (1977). Varrick VR‑038, Yankee Ingenuity ‑ "Heatin' up the Hall" (1989).

X:1

T:Prince Charlie

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

F|E2 EF B2 B^c|d2 AG FDDF|1 E2 DF B2 B^c|dBAF GEE:|2

EFGA B2 Ba|gef^d e/e/e e||B|eBef geBg|fbag fddf|eBef geBg|

bgaf e/e/e eB|eBef geBg|fdAG FEDf|geBg AfGe|FdAF E/E/E E||

 

PRINCE CHARLES [2]. Irish? Scottish?, Jig. A Major. Standard. AABB. Perhaps the earliest recording is from 1904 by violinist Charles D’Alamaine, born in 1871 in England, who died in 1943. D’Alamaine immigrated to the United States in 1888, and by 1890 had established himself as “instructor on violin” in Evanston, Illinois; by 1910 he had removed to Yonkers, and in 1920 was a chiropractor in New York City (info. from Paul Gifford). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 60. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 90.

X:1

T:Prince Charles [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

d |cee A2e|faf ecA| def ecA|^GBB B2d|cee A2e|faf ecA|def ecA|BAA A2:|

|:d|cAA eAA|fAA eAA|cAA eAA|^GBB B2d|cAA eAA|fef ef^g|a^gf eac|BAA A2:|

 

PRINCE CHARLES [3]. French-Canadian, Reel (suite). G Major. Standard. AA'BB'CC'A"A"'B"B"'C"C"'. This piece was popularized by Rene Allain. Source for notated version: French-Canadian button accordion player Philippe Bruneau (Québec) [Begin]. Begin (Philippe Bruneau), 1993; No. 35, pgs. 52-53.

                       

PRINCE CHARLES' FAREWELL TO SCOTLAND. Scottish, (Slow) Air ('A' part only in 6/8 time; 'B', 'C', and 'D' parts in 2/4 time). A Major. Standard. AABBCCDD. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 370. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 2 (appears as “Prince Charlies Farewell to Scotland”).

X:1

T:Prince Charlies Farewell to Scotland

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Gow – 3rd Repository  (1806)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A2 {cd}e (ec)e|(ec)e e2c|A2 {cd}e edc|(Bc)B d2B|A2 {cd}e ece|(ec)e (ec)e|

(dB)d (cA)c|(Bc)B d2B:|

M:2/4

L:1/8

|:(A/B/c/A/ c/A/B/c/)|(A/B/c/A/ c>B)|(A/B/c/A/ c/A/B/c/)|(B/c/d/B/ d>B)|

(A/B/c/A/ c/A/B/c/)|(A/B/c/A/ c/A/B/c/)|(3dBd (3cAc|(B/c/d/B/ d>B):|

|:(A/c/e/c/ e/c/e/c/)|(A/c/e/c/ e>c)|(A/c/e/c/ e/c/A/c/)|(B/c/d/B/ d>B)|

(A/c/e/c/) (e/c/e/c/)|(A/c/e/c/ e/c/A/c/)|d(3B/c/d/ c(3A/B/c/|(B/c/d/B/ d>B):|

|:(A/B/c/A/ c/A/B/)c/|(A/B/c/A/) ~c>B|(A/B/c/A/ c/A/B/)c/|(B/c/e/B/ d>)B|

(A/B/c/A/ c/A/B/)c/|(A/B/c/A/ c/A/B/)c/|d(3B/c/d/ c(3A/B/c/|(B/c/d/B/ d>B):|

                       

PRINCE CHARLES’ LAMENT. Scottish, Pipe Pibroch. A pipe pibroch composed by Captain Malcolm MacLeod of Raasay, in sadness at the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the uprising of 1745. MacLeod held a commission in the Prince’s army (Collinson, 1975).

                       


PRINCE CHARLES'S LAST VIEW OF SCOTLAND (An Sealladh ma dheireadh thug Tearlach). Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. "This is the beautiful air so universally admired, transmitted to the editor by Colonel Stewart of Garth, of which he was not in previous possession. There was no writing on the manuscript, but the name alone; whether ancient or modern, the mind readily associates the air with the name it bears. This association is very necessary in performing these airs with taste, but the plaintive strain of many of them requires a relief to the spirits, which is the reason of the editor's taking the liberty of occasionally introducing sprightly airs, or any inferior efforts of his own, inserted only by special request" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 202, pg. 84. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 55. Culburnie Records CUL 121D, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas – “Fire and Grace” (2004).

X:1

T:Prince Charles’s last view of Scotland

T:An Sealladh ma dheireadh thug Tearlach

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

G/A/|:~B>cB A2 G/^F/|G<DB =FDB,|B>cB A2 G/^F/|GAc d2D|

~B>cB A2 G/^F/|G<DB =FD B,/C/|D>^CD B,2A,|G,G^F G2:|

D|B>AG A^FD|B>cd G^FD|B>AG c>BA|d2^F G2 z/D/|[D3B3] [E3A3c3]|

d>^cd [G2B2e2g2] a/b/|dcB cBA|G/^F/G/A/B/c/ d2D||

           

PRINCE CHARLES'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet. The melody appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth, 1768.

                       

PRINCE CHARLIE'S DELIGHT. Scottish. The melody appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth, 1768.

                       

PRINCE CHARLIE'S MEDLEY. Scottish, Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. James Stewart-Robertson notes: "Danced at Holyrood, 1745."

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Prince Charles Edward Stuart, ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’.

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Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 265.

X:1

T:Prince Charlie’s Medley

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

N:”Danced at Holyrood, 1745”

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

E>EE E>EE|D>ED D>CD|E>EE E>EE|G>EG A2G|E>EE E>EE|

D>ED D>CD|E>EE E>EE|G>EG A2G||

A>AA A>Ad|c>AA B>AG|A>AA A>Ad|c>AA A2G|A>AA A>Ad|

c>AA B>AG|E2E E>DC|D>EG A2G||

           

PRINCE CHARLIE'S WELCOME TO THE ISLAND OF SKYE. AKA and see "Planxty George Brabazon [2]" (2nd Air). Scottish (originally Irish, composed by O'Carolan), Air or March (4/4 time). D Major (Skye): G Major (Kerr). Standard. AABB (Kerr): AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHII (Skye). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 412, pg. 45. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 155.

X:1

T:Prince Charlie’s Welcome to the Isle of Skye

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air or March

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection  (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

dB|A2D2 GFED|A2D2 GFED|B2E2 EFGA|B2E2 EFGA|BAGF d2 cB|BAGF GFED|

FEDB, A,B,DE|F2 D2 D2:|

|:de|f2 df e2 ce|d2 Bd BAGF|B2E2 EFGA|B2E2 E2 de|f2 df e2 ce|d2 Bd BAGF|

GFED A,B,DE|{DE}F2 D2 D2:|

|:ag|f2 d2 fgag|f2 d2 fgag|g2e2 efga|b2e2 e2ag|f2d2 fagf|f2d2 fgag|fgab agfe|{de}f2 d2d2:|

|:de|f2 (d/e/f) e2 (c/d/e)|d2 (B/c/d) BAGF|B2E2 EFGA|B2E2 E2 de|(f2 d/e/f) e2 (c/d/e)|

d2 (B/c/d) BAGF|GFED A,B,DE|{DE}F2D2D2:|

|:dB|ADFD GFED|ADFD GFED|BEGE EFGA|BEGE EFGB|AFAF BGcA|dcBA BAGF|

GFED A,B,DE|{DE}F2 D2 D2:|

|:de|fdfd ecec|dcBA BAGF|BEGE EFGA|BEFE E2 de|fdfd ecec|dcBA BAGF|

GFED A,B,DE|{DE}F2 D2 D2:|

|:dB|AD(FE/D/) ADdD|AD (FE/D/) ADdD|BEeE EFGA|BEeE Eedc|BAGF dcdB|

BAGF GFED|FEDB, A,B,DE|{DE}F2 D2D2:|

|:de|fedf edce|dcBd BAGF|BEeE EFGA|BEeE EFGg|fedf edce|dcBd BAGF|

GFED A,B,DE|{DE}F2 D2D2:|

 

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND WEDDING REEL, THE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’BCAA’B. Perlman (1996) notes that a few generations ago the bride and groom step-danced to this tune at the beginning of Prince Edward Island wedding festivities. Perlman thinks the tune originated in the eastern part of PEI. Source for notated version: Peter Chaisson, Sr. (B. 1929, Bear River, North-East Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 83.

 

PRINCE EUGENE'S MARCH. English, Scottish; March. The air appears in many English and Scottish publications of the 18th century, and it is said to have been one of the most popular songs of the period. In, fact, it is relatively popular to this day with fife-and-drum corps and early music ensembles. It appears in a publication entitled St. Martini, Handel and Others, Warlike Music, Being a Choice Collection of Marches and Trumpet Tunes for a German Flute, Violin or Harpsichord, Book I (1760, pg. 1), in Longman & Broderip’s Entire and Compleat Instructions for the Fife (London, 1767), and it is included in the Scottish Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768). Its origins, however, were in a later edition of Playford’s Dancing Master, that of 1713/1714, followed soon after in Walsh’s Compleat Country Dancing Master (vol. II, 1719). Scarcely less popular in America, the melody can be found in over 25 sources from the colonial period, including Cushing Eells’ manuscript written in Norwich, Connecticut in 1789, and Deacon Justin Hitchcock’s manuscript written in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1800. It also appears in the music manuscript copybook of Henry Livingston, Jr.  Livingston purchased the estate of Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1771 at the age of 23. In 1775 he was a Major in the 3rd New York Regiment, which participated in Montgomery’s invasion of Canada in a failed attempt to wrest Montreal from British control. An important land-owner in the Hudson Valley, and a member of the powerful Livingston family, Henry was also a surveyor and real estate speculator, an illustrator and map-maker, and a Justice of the Peace for Dutchess County. He was also a poet and musician, and presumably a dancer, as he was elected a Manager for the New York Assembly’s dancing season of 1774-1775, along with his 3rd cousin, John Jay, later U.S. Chief Justice of Governor of New York.

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Prince Eugene.

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X:1

T:Prince Eugene’s March

M:C|

L:1/8

R:March

S:Henry Livingston’s manuscript copybook, late 18th century

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F4A4|d6fg|a2f2d2f2|edef e2A2|F4A4|d6e2|f^g a2”tr”a3g|a4z4:|

|:e2 eee2e2|e4z4|f2ff f2f2|f4z4|a2 ag f2fe|d2d2A2A2|abag fgfe|

d2d2A2A2|D2DD D2F2|D2DD D2fg|a2 de f2 fg|a2gf”tr”e3d|d4z4:|

                       

PRINCE FERDINAND’S QUICK STEP. English (?), March (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Aird (Selections), vol. II, 1782; No. 116, pg. 43.

X:1

T:Prince Ferdinand’s Quick Step

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Aird, Vol. II (1782)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

f2 fg/a/ | gfed | Ad a/g/f/e/ | dAFA | f2 fg/a/ | gfed | Ad (a/g/f/e/) |1 (d2d2) :|2 (d2 d) ||

|: f/g/ | a/f/d/f/ a=c’ | bagf | gggb | agfe | Adfa | gbec | Ad (a/g/f/e/) |1 (d2 d) :|2 (d2d2) ||

|: Adfa | gbec | Ad (a/g/f/e/) | dAFA | Adfa | gbec | Ad (a/g/f/e/) | d2 d2 :|

                       

PRINCE GEORGE BREAKDOWN. Canadian, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Composed by Max Sexsmith in 1974; named for the town he resided in, Prince George, British Columbia. Gibbons (As It Comes: Folk Fiddling From Prince George, British Columbia), 1982; No. 12, pg. 29.

 

PRINCE GEORGE'S BIRTHDAY. English, Country Dance Tune (3/2 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune dates to the year 1718. Barnes (English Country Dance Music), 1986.

 

PRINCE GEORGE’S FLIRT GALLOPADE.  English, Galopede. G Major. Standard tuning. ABAB’CCD. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 74.

X:1

T:Prince George’s Flirt Gallopade

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Galopede

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

.G/.G/ | .G.G/.G/ .G.G | (B/G/B/d/) g{g/a/}g | f{e/f/}e dc | B/c/A/B/ GG/G/ | GG/G/ GG/G/ |

(B/G/B/d/) gg | (3f/^e/f/ .a (3e/^d/e/ .a | (d/^c/d/c/) d || f/e/ | d(d/e/.d.g | .B(B/c/) Bd |

.c(c/B/) ce | d>b (a/g/f/e/) | d(d/e/) dg | B(B/c/) Bd |1 c(c/B/) cd | B2 z ||2 c(c/B/) cA | G2z || g ||

K:C

.e.g.d.g | (c/d/c/B/) ce | dfBd | (c/d/e/f/) gg | egdg | (c/d/c/B/) ce | dfBd | c2z :| .c’ | .b.a.g.a |

(g>aga) | (gfef) | (e>fgc’ | baga | (gaga) | gfed | c2 z ||

                       

PRINCE OF CABOURG’S HORNPIPE.  English, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABA. Cabourg is a commune of the Calvados department, in the Basse-Normandie region in France. Source Gibbons originally set the tune in the key of ‘C’ major in his ms. Source for notated version: the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 22. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 60. PUG CD 004, Brian Peters – “Lines.”

                       

PRINCE OF ORANGE.  English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’CC’. Gibbons originally set the tune in the key of ‘F’ major. The title probably refers to William, the Prince of Orange in the Netherlands, who was invited to the throne of England. Source for notated version: the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 71.

X:1

T:Prince of Orange

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Joshua Gibbons ms. (1823-26)

K:F

C|F2A c2f|a2b gec|d2 efed|cdB AGF|F2A c2f|

a2a gec|d2f ege|(f3 f2)::e/f/|g2g fed|c2c ceg|b2g a2e|

ege cef|g2g fed|B2B ceg|b2g a2f|gfe