Annotation:Clutha Hornpipe
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CLUTHA HORNPIPE. Scottish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. Composed by Carl Volti, born Archibald Milligan in Glasgow in 1849. Volti, a fiddler, composed many tunes found in the Kerr's collections and also published several tutors, albums of popular songs, national overtures, etc. (Nigel Gatherer). The name Clutha is taken from Scotland's Clyde River. Clutha is Scots Gaelic for Clyde.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 323, p. 36.
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