The Hawk
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Hawk", also known as "The Bells of St. Louis" is a Scottish and<br> English hornpipe in E Major. The parts are played AABB.<br> An early 19th century hornpipe composed by James Hill (c. 1811-1853, Gateshead,<br> Northumberland, near Newcastle), in all probability named after a Tyneside pub called<br> The Hawk, on the Bottle Bank, Gateshead, where Hill made his living for a time as a<br> fiddler (Hill also wrote a tune for the Bottle Bank, where he lived). Hill, who<br> named some of his tunes after various local pubs (and who was himself a publican for<br> a while), was born in Dundee, Scotland. "The Hawk" is one of the more celebrated<br> tunes from a composer known for his hornpipes (although this tune is often heard<br> played as a reel). Hill also composed "The Hawk" and "The Newcastle Hornpipe" both<br> in this collection.<br> The Irish group De Danann recorded the tune as a reel entitled "The Bells of St.<br> Louis" on their album Mist Covered Mountain.<br> Alistair Anderson played the tune in the key of G (Hill wrote it in 'E'), and<br> Shetland versions are in D major. Irish versions are in both 'D' and 'E' and tend<br> to be played as reels.<br> It was printed in Bain's 50 Fiddle Solos (1989),<br> Banalari's Celtic Encyclopedia (1999),<br> Cranford's Winston Fitzgerald (1997),<br> Dixon's The Lads Like Beer (1987),<br> Hunter's Fiddle Music of Scotland (1988),<br> Köhler’s Violin Repository, Book Second (1881-1885),<br> Miller's Fiddler's Throne (2004) and<br> Northumbrian Pipers' Society's The Fiddle Music of James Hill (2005).<br> It was recorded by Florence Burns on Scottish Traditional Fiddle Music (1978) and<br> Alistair Anderson (with fiddler Aly Bain) on Alistair Anderson Plays the English<br> Concertina (1972).<br>
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