Durang's Hornpipe
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Durang's Hornpipe" is an old-time hornpipe, reel or breakdown in<br> D Major (most versions) or G Major (Riley). It is played in standard or<br> ADae fiddle tunings. The parts are played AABB (most versions),<br> AABB' (Emmerson, Kerr) or AA'BB' (Moylan).<br> The tune is associated with John Durang (1/6/1768 – 3/31/1822) who<br> was the first native-born American to become known as a dancer.<br> Said to be George Washington's favorite performer, he was famous for dancing<br> the hornpipe, a lively, jiglike solo exhibition.<br> It was printed in <br> Adam's Old Time Fiddlers' Favorite Barn Dance Tunes (1928),<br> Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981),<br> Bégin's Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley (1985),<br> A.S. Bowman's J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, etc. (1908),<br> Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> Bronner's Old Time Music Makers of New York State (1987),<br> Burchenal's American Country Dances, vol. 1 (1918),<br> Cazden's Dances from Woodland (1955),<br> Christeson's Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1 (1973),<br> Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940),<br> Corfield 's Tunes from New Brunswick (2024),<br> DeVille's Universal Favorite Contra Dance Album (1905),<br> Oliver Ditson's The Boston Collection of Instrumental Music (c. 1850),<br> Dunham's Mellie Dunham's 50 Fiddlin' Dance Tunes (1926),<br> Emmerson's Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin' String (1971),<br> Ford's Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1940),<br> Howe's Musician's Omnibus, No. 1 (1863),<br> Jarman and Hansen's Old Time Dance Tunes (1951),<br> Johnson's Kitchen Musician No. 16: A Further Collection of Dances, Marches,<br> Minuetts and Duetts of the Later 18th Century (1998),<br> Kerr's Merry Melodies, vol. 2 (c. 1880's),<br> Krassen's Appalachian Fiddle (1973),<br> Miller & Perron's New England Fiddler's Repertoire (1983),<br> Moylan's Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra (1994),<br> O'Neill (Krassen) (1976),<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1979) and<br> Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1986),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995),<br> Raven's English Country Dance Tunes (1984),<br> Edward Riley's Riley's Flute Melodies, vol. 1 (1814),<br> Robbins' Collection of 200 Jigs, Reels, and Country Dances (1933),<br> Ruth's Pioneer Western Folk Tunes (1948),<br> Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883),<br> Shaw's Cowboy Dances (1943),<br> Silberberg's Fiddle Tunes I Learned at the Tractor Tavern (2002),<br> Sweet's Fifer's Delight (1964/1981),<br> Thede's The Fiddle Book (1967),<br> Tolman's Nelson Music Collection (1969),<br> White's Excelsior Collection and<br> Unique Collection (1896).<br> It was recorded by Earl Collins on That's Earl (1975),<br> Major Franklin on Texas Fiddle Favorites (1966),<br> Clark Kessinger on Sweet Bunch of Daisies (1967) and<br> Live at Union Grove (2009),<br> Joseph Samuels (78 RPM) (1920),<br> John Baltzell (78 RPM) (1923),<br> The Dillards with Byron Berline on Pickin' and Fiddlin' (1966),<br> Alan Jabbour on Seems Like Romance to Me: American Fiddle Tunes From Ohio (1985),<br> Wes Dickinson on New England Traditional Fiddling (1978),<br> Kelly Jones on Authentic Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (1975),<br> John W. Summers on Indiana Fiddler (1984),<br> Ruth Hawkins Rachel on Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 2: On the<br> Springfield Plain (2000),<br> Bob McQuillen & Old New England on Choose Your Partners!: Contra Dance & Square<br> Dance Music of New Hampshire (1999),<br> Grant Lamb on Tunes From Home (1974),<br> Jim Herd on Old Time Ozark Fiddling (1991),<br> Dan Massey and Family (78 RPM).<br>
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