Annotation:Jackson's Cravat

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JACKSON'S CRAVAT (Carabat Micseoin). Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time) or Slide (12/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in Gough's Collection of Country Dances for the Year 1802. A cravat [1] is the precursor of the modern necktie. The garment was also a means of identification for faction fighters in Ireland in the 19th century, in imitation of its use by gentleman (such as the gentleman uilleann piper Walter, or Walker, Jackson, to whom the title refers). The tune was entered into the large 1840 music manuscript collection of multi-instrumentalist John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria).

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Printed sources : - Hughes (Gems from the Emerald Isles), 1867; No 5, p. 3. Mulhollan (Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes), Edinburgh, 1804; p. 35. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 40. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 900, p. 167. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 147, p. 39.

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