Annotation:George Craske's Hornpipe No. 1

Find traditional instrumental music

Back to George Craske's Hornpipe No. 1


GEORGE CRASKE'S HORNPIPE NO. 1. English, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A fast East Anglian step dance hornpipe, notes Barry Callaghan (2007), who thinks it may be a derivative of "Bang Up (3)." George Craske was a melodeon player from Sustead, near Cromer in Norfolk.

Source for notated version: a 1977 field recording of Craske by Peter Clifton and Ann-Marie Hume [Callaghan].

Printed sources: Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 17.

Recorded sources:




Back to George Craske's Hornpipe No. 1