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...'''Der_Freischütz ''' by Carl Maria von Weber. It found its way into many fiddler's tune books in the 19th century and settled down to be a 32 bar dance tune

''[[Fiddler's Tryout in Georgia, A - Part 1]]'', [[John 'Seven Foot Dilly' Dilleshaw]]< ''[[Fiddler's Tryout in Georgia, A - Part 2]]'', [[John 'Seven Foot Dilly' Dilleshaw]]<

Father of fiddler [[Stephen Baldwin]] Fiddler, singer, musician for Clifford's Mesne Morris, Forest of Dean

...many justifiably famous hornpipe compositions by the 19th century Tyneside fiddler [[James Hill]] (c. 1815-c. 1860), although there is little hard evidence fo

# ''Fiddler's Green: a composite Sailortown''

William Andrews of Sheepstor, Devon, UK, was a late 19thC fiddler who possessed a stash of tunebooks and manuscripts, some tunes from which w http://www.wrenmusic.co.uk/index.php/books/122-watb, subtitle A Dartmoor Fiddler

Tom Hunter, Fiddler

Younger brother of fiddler [[Willy Taylor]]

Fiddler, sometime neighbour of Joe and Hannah Hutton

John Armstrong of Carrick, Northumbrian piper and fiddler.

William Andrews of Sheepstor, Devon, UK, was a late 19thC fiddler who possessed a stash of tunebooks and manuscripts, some tunes from which w subtitle A Dartmoor Fiddler

Reference [http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/AN_AP.htm Fiddler's Companion]

...ded him in 1954. Many of Billy's dance tunes were published in Kennedy's ''Fiddler's Tune Books''.

Sam Bennet (1865-1951) of Oxfordshire, fiddler and dancer of Ilmington Morris

Further information at [http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/DUN_DYING.htm The Fiddler's Companion]

'''Perry Riley:''' was Buddy Thomas' cousin and a fine country fiddler in his own right (an instrumental performance appears on volume 4 and sever

...urch Icomb, where they lived with their four children and would have known fiddler [[John Mason]].<BR><BR> ...his death, he remembered with affection the dancing, and recalled that the fiddler, ([[Charles Benfield]]), being the most importsnt member of the team, was a

John Mason (1834-1912), Stow-on-the-Wold, Glos. Fiddler

*[[Flowers of Edinburgh, The|The Flowers of Edinburgh]] (jig) (The Fiddler's Jig, Knuckle Down)<br />

'''Benton Flippen:''' was born in 1920 and was first influenced as a fiddler by an uncle from Thomasville, NC, who would occasionally visit his parents�

Fiddler and Morris Dancer

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James Higgins, Fiddler, Shepton Mallet (1819-1910). James was a boot and shoe maker.

...d with four fingers.&nbsp; In high school, he became friends with the late fiddler Curley Parker who made a number of pioneer bluegrass recordings (see Rdr 05

...which are identified in [http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/MOO_MORM.htm The Fiddler's Companion].

'''George Hawkins:''' A true instrumental virtuoso, fiddler George represented one of our most important informants (Rdr 0376; we are p

She was the wife of fiddler Peter Makem, mother of musicians Tommy Makem and Jack Makem, and grandmothe

...ng to ‘Red’.&nbsp; John was a contemporary of Steve Ledford, another local fiddler who had recorded in the 1930s and had made an album for Rounder Records sho

...ell:''' fiddle.&nbsp; Roscoe Holcomb had directed us to Manon as “the best fiddler around here.”&nbsp; Unfortunately, we arrived in the midst of a birthday

'''Tommy Jarrell:''' was the son of fiddler Ben Jarrell who recorded sixteen superb sides with Da Costa Woltz’s South

...idley]] of ''Blaydon Races'' fame, and [[James Hill]], the famous Tyneside fiddler and composer. In the current revival, the traditional pit songs have come m

===TOM HUGHES:Border Fiddler===

...trument as the fiddle, taking care to strike on the strings upon which the fiddler is not noting, but Francis found it easier to tune his own fiddle to Alva's

Fred Pigeon/Pidgeon (1880-1970) was a fiddler from Stockland, Devon (England). There are several currently popular tunes

* ''Opera'' found in ''Hardcore English'', ''The Fiddler of Helperby'',

..., see [http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/FISH_FIVE.htm#FISHER'S_HORNPIPE The Fiddler's Companion]

''[[Dusty Miller]]'': [[Capt M J Bonner (The Texas Fiddler)]]<BR>

George Hepple was a fiddler and piper from Haltwhistle in the South Tyne Valley.

Cousin to fiddler [[Willy Taylor]]

...l Tune Archive] formerly [http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/FCfiles.html The Fiddler's Companion ].

...musically in the 1840's and 1850's as a highly influential urban virtuoso fiddler and tunesmith in the Tyneside area of the UK, around Gateshead and Newcastl

''At Bampton "Jinkey", or Billy Wells (1868-1953), fool, dancer & fiddler recounts his life-story to Peter Kennedy in 1952 & talks about the dances t

Influential fiddler and tune composer

'''John Locke''', gipsy fiddler from Leominster, [[Herefordshire]]; born 1872, date of death 1947

J P had begun traveling to some of the fiddler's contests that were gradually rejuvenating around the South; in particular

'''[http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/ The Fiddler's Companion]''' maintained by Andrew Kuntz on imbiblio.org is a large index

Fiddler, morris musician, fool

...s up in fancy costumes and in evergreens and flowers, and accompanied by a fiddler or two, parade and dance all round the town and neighbourhood. There were t

#[[The Girl was Smart for the Fiddler]] - [[Michael Doherty]]

Edward Brodie (Ned) Pearson (1876-1964), Fiddler

....org.uk/articles/harrison.htm Jim Eldon, ''Billy Harrison: Yorkshire Wolds Fiddler''], Musical Traditions Article MT105 (from Musical Traditions No 7, Mid 198

Walter Fleetwood, Grenoside fiddler

...in the pub, it is said, though perhaps maliciously - as many a traditional fiddler also enjoyed playing at home if there was a pianist in the family to play a ...pre-eminence of the hornpipe in Stephen Baldwin's repertoire, for both the fiddler and his audience, is illustrated by the description which he gave to the lo

...le. His songs and tunes came to him from his grandfather Joe, a well-known fiddler in the Bewcastle area at the end of the 19th century. Joe apparently enlive

A typical "fiddler's tune book", 71/2inches wide by 31/2inches tall, hard-bound, four printed Bampton Fiddler

...ting|John Howson's interview with Fred 'Pip' Whting]], the Suffolk singer, fiddler, bones-player and jig-doll dancer.

'''Lewis ‘Scan’ Tester''', Sussex concertina-player, fiddler, step-dancer and singer, 1886-1972. ...n acknowledged master of the Anglo-Concertina and was also an accomplished fiddler and step-dancer in his younger years and a wonderful raconteur.&nbsp; He wa

The William Calvert Manuscript is a typical Fiddler's Tune Book of the early 19th C. The William Calvert MS is a fiddler’s tune book comprising 52 folk dance tunes and several hymns and psalms.

Dellow, Becky; ''Fiddler's Tunebooks''; PhD student and fiddle player, Rebecca Dellow, writes about Eldon, Jim; Article on Billy Harrison, fiddler, on the Mustrad website [http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles.htm]

...under several titles in [http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/MOO_MORM.htm The Fiddler's Companion].

...rish traditional instrumental music with annotation, formerly known as The Fiddler's Companion.

Cat-Gut Jim the Fiddler: Ned Corvan's Life and Songs (2017)

...orris dancing in the Forest of Dean, he asked people whether they knew the fiddler "Arthurs" in mistake for "Allen" - unsuprisingly, they did not. However, o

...iddle was the finest instrument to dance to (his brother was a left-handed fiddler).

<blockquote>"Alawon John Thomas - A Fiddler's Tune Book From Eighteenth Century Wales" ed. Cass Meurig, LLGC, 2004, 186 ...s a unique collection of tunes compiled by John Thomas, a well-known C18th fiddler from north east Wales whose manuscript is found amongst the National Librar

...ree 18th century English collections included it, and the celebrated Scots fiddler and composer [[Gow|Neil Gow]] published it in the 1790s. He’d modified it

Fred 'Pip' Whiting (1905-1988) was a singer, fiddler, bones player and performer on the dancing dolls. He lived in Kenton which Fred: There was an old fiddler down here called West Abbott and I used to go down to his house, I was anxi

...Thomas]]; Meurig,Cass; Aberystwyth; Tne National Library of Wales; 2004; A Fiddler's Tune Book from 18th Century Wales. 438 tunes ...; Dragonfly Music; 1994; The Life and Music of Laurence Leadley, Yorkshire fiddler. Selection of 129 tunes from 19thC family MSS

''[[Fiddler Joe]]'', [[George Dunn]]<BR>

LED 2068 English Village Fiddler [[Stephen Baldwin]] (1976)

This is a list of what are often referred to as Fiddler's Tunebooks, though they were sometimes evidently written by flute players ...early19thC, UK N.Yorks Thirsk, Private collection, part published in 'The Fiddler of Helperby'. ms#4 [http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/ChrisPartingtonsL

C:Tom O'Brien, fiddler & dancer, Foynes, Ireland, (19)06<br>

T:Fiddler's Morris. (p).1701.PLFD1.437, The T:Fiddler's Maggot. (p)1702.PLFD1.484