Annotation:Cambridge Hornpipe (The)

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 CAMBRIDGE (HORNPIPE) [1], THE. Irish, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The name Cambridge (from the original in southern England) has an interesting history. Originally it was called Grantebricge by the Anglo-Saxons, a combination of the Old English name for bridge (bricge) with the inherited Celtic name Granta, whose meaning was associated with swamps. The Normans, when they conquoured Britain, built a castle close by but found the name difficult to pronounce and step by step changes were introduced so that the first syllable became Crante-, then Cante-, Can- and finally Cam- (Matthews, 1972).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Taylor (Where's the Crack?), 1989; p. 25.  Recorded sources:

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