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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nigel Gatherer
> Sent: 13 October 2002 22:54
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> Subject: [scots-l] Shetland Fiddler, The
>
>
> Nigel Gatherer wrote:
>
> Ted Hastings:
>
> > This is essentially a reworking of a hornpipe by James Hill, entitled
> > "The Hawk", so it's probably out of copyright, unless the changes are
> > significant enough for it to be considered a different tune.
>
>
> Derek Hoy:
>
> > > ...The Shetland Fiddler was around in the mid-70s at least...
>
> > NG: I have just seen it on an LP dated 1966, same tune, same title,
> > same composer: "trad". I think this was before Aly Bain's first foray
> > to the mainland at Blairgowrie in 1967.
>
> Now found it on ANOTHER LP dated 1966 (Ian Powrie). I think it's now
> obvious it predates Aly Bain. Perhaps it stemmed from Tom Anderson?
>
This tune also appears in Jerry Holland's Collection of Fiddle Tunes.
According to a footnote there, the tune first appeared in a pipe setting
in "The Edcath Collection" Vol. 1, 1954 by Donald Shaw Ramsay.
Regards,
Ted
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