Annotation:Hick's Hornpipe

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 HICK'S HORNPIPE ("Crannciuil Uigs" or "Crannciuil Uí h-Iocaig"). Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O'Neill never heard anyone else, save his source Hicks, play the tune, nor could he find it in previously printed sources.  Source for notated version: John Hicks (c. 1880's), "celebrated from Washington to Boston as a great Irish piper, a protégé of 'Sporting' Captain Kelly of the Curragh of Kildare [O'Neill].  Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 168. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1572, p. 291. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 823, p. 142.   Recorded sources:

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