Brenda Stubbert's Reel

 BRENDA STUBBERT'S REEL. Canadian, Reel. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. A Dorian (Cranford/Holland, Fiddler Magazine, Martin & Hughes): A Minor (Songer). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Songer): AABB' (Cranford/Holland, Fiddler Magazine, Martin & Hughes, Shears). One of the most famous compositions by Inverness, Cape Breton, fiddler, teacher and composer Jerry Holland (originally from Brockton, Mass.) in honor of another Cape Breton fiddler and composer, Brenda Stubbert. Source for notated version: Carl & Jackie Webster (Cardigan, Central Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Printed sources: Cranford (Jerry Holland's Collection), 1995; No. 40, p. 12. Fiddler Magazine, vol. 3, No. 2, Summer 1996; p. 17. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaigh), 1990; p. 18. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 91. Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection), 1986; p. 61 (pipe setting). Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 40. Recorded sources: BM-91, Buddy MacMaster - "Glencoe Hall." Boot Records, Jerry Holland - "Master Cape Breton Fiddler" (1982). Green Linnet SIF 1077, Capercaillie - "Crosswinds" (1987). Green Linnet SIF-1109, Altan - "The Red Crow" (1990). Green Linnett SIF1156, Jerry Holland - "Fiddlesticks Collection." SG155, Alasdair Fraser - "The Road North." Patty Furlong - "Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion" (1999). See also listings at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index, Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources , Alan Ng's Irishtune.info.

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