Title: The Cape Breton fiddle : making and maintaining tradition /
Authors: Graham, Glenn, 1974-
Publisher: Cape Breton University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Fiddling.; Fiddlers Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island.; Celtic music Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island.; Fiddle tunes Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island.
Abstract: "In The Cape Breton Fiddle, Glenn Graham - an accomplished fiddler who is fully engaged with Cape Breton music as a performer and researcher - explores both the roots of the tradition he upholds and its contemporary status. Do the "drastic" loss of Gaelic, the adoption of the tradition by non-Gaels, global influences and commercial success conspire to change the musical language as well?" "This social history of the music and an assessment of its current status are overdue. Graham's knowledge of the history of Cape Breton's fiddling traditions, key players and indeed his close association with the best-known and most knowledgeable figures, convey a unique sense of the making and maintaining of the Cape Breton fiddle."--Jacket.
Contents: Contents of accompanying CD: Glenn Graham : Cape Breton fiddling techniques as described in the book -- Lady Ann Hope strathspey ; Allowa Kirk strathspey ; Sir Harry's welcome home strathspey ; Tullochgorm strathspey ; Lord MacDonald's reel ; Miss Johnstone's reel / trad. (Mary MacDonald with Mary Jessie MacDonald) -- Moonlight clog ; The cuckoo clog ; The Galway hornpipe ; The western clog : partial / trad. (Angus Chisholm with Mary Jessie MacDonald) -- Bovaglie's plaid ; Air / J. Scott Skinner ; The red shoes reel / Dan R. MacDonald ; The snowplough reel / Dan Hughie MacEachern ; St. Kilda's wedding reel ; Trip to Windsor reel / Dan R. MacDonald (Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald with Mary Jessie MacDonald -- Maids of Islay strathspey ; Lucy Campbell strathspey ; Elizabeth's big coat reel ; MacKinnon's other rant reel ; John of Badenyon reel ; Hamish the carpenter reel / trad. (Donald Angus Beaton with Elizabeth Beaton) -- John McColl's farewell march ; Sportsman's haunt strathspey ; Calum Crubach strathspey ; Kay Girroir's reel / Joey Beaton ; Muileann Dubh reel / trad. (Theresa MacLellan with Mary MacLellan) -- Dusky meadow strathspey / Donald MacLellan ; Devil in the kitchen strathspey / J. Scott Skinner ; Margaree reel ; Traditional reel ; Miss Stewart of Glentully reel ; Magnetic hornpipe ; Sean macGuire reel ; Put mein the box reel / trad. (Buddy MacMaster with John Morris Rankin) -- Celtic ceilidh reel / Dan R. MacDonald ; Miss Smallness house reel ; Leventine's barrel hornpipe ; The Hughie and Allan reel / Kinnon Beaton ; Master McDermott's reel ; Derrick Beaton's reel / Donald Angus Beaton (Kinnon Beaton with John Morris Rankin) -- Betty Matheson's jig / Howie MacDonald ; Cherish the ladies jig ; Tatter Jack Walsh jig / trad. (Howie MacDonald with Mac Morin and Dave MacIsaac) -- Heavy is my fate : air (Ian MacDougall with Mac Morin)