Annotation:Garfield's March

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 GARFIELD'S MARCH. AKA - "Garfield's Funeral March." Old-Time. Originally a piece of sheet music called "Garfield's Funeral March," the tune dates from the 1881 assassination of President James Garfield (Wolfe, 1997). The tune was recorded by Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975) for Brunswick in 1928 (#238), learned from local W.Va. fiddler Abe Glenn in 1903 when Kessinger was seven (Charles Wolfe, Mountains of Music, John Lilly ed., 1999, p. 28).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources: County 536, "The Kessinger Brothers: 1928-1930" (1974). Rounder CD 0377, John Masters - "Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky: Along the Kentucky River."  See also listing at: Hear the Kessinger Brother's recording at Juneberry 78's

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