Annotation:James Hardie

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 JAMES HARDIE. AKA and see "Jamie Hardie." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) for the violin maker James Hardie, a contemporary, brother of Charles Hardie. It was written specifically to follow the strathspey "Miller o' Dervil (The)," although in his manuscript copy Skinner notes that it should follow the reel "Bob Steele" (called "Johnie Steele" in Skinner's Harp and Claymore collection).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 75. Skinner (Harp and Claymore Collection), 1904; p..  Recorded sources:

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