Annotation:Ladies Hornpipe (2) (The)
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LADIES HORNPIPE [2], THE. Scottish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The tune is attributed to Captain Donald Ross "D.R." MacLennan [1] (1901-1984), the less famous younger half-brother of Pipe Major G.S. McLennan, who one of the seminal figures of Highland bagpiping, and a cousin to the almost equally famous Highland dancer and piper William McLennan. It was William McLennan who impressed fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner, and who died in Canada while on tour with him.
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D.R. MacLennan originally entitled the piece "Joe McGann's Fiddle," although it was published in the Scots Guards (1954) settings as "The Ladies Hornpipe", without composer credits. D.R. was a competitor in piobaireachd (a gold medalist), a reed maker and composer.
The tune is popular with Cape Breton fiddlers.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; p. 28. Scots Guards (1954).
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [2]
Paul Cranford Publications [3]