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/Fife and Drum CD's, etc./CD - The Banks of Allan WaterDuring our stay in the spa town of Bridge-of-Allan on our 1992 performance tour of Scotland, the concepts leading to this recording began to take shape. As we sorted through books of traditional Scots tunes, we found in these sources tunes we knew from our collective fife and drum experience alongside hundreds we had never heard. Since those familiar tunes had long ago been adapted in the folk tradition to the fifes and drums of 18th century New England militia, we felt that a leap of faith would allow us to adapt tunes from these same pages, books, and composers to our fife and drum ensemble today.
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Track Samples
Hornpipes -MP3 (400K) The Barber's Pole James Hill, born in Scotland between 1813 and 1818, composed these tunes during his time as a tavern musician in the Tyneside region from the late 1830s to the late 1850s. The great Northern trunk of the railroad was then under construction, thus the reference to "navvie", a railroad laborer. Although these tunes date later than many of our selections, the melodies and titles proved irresistable. It should be noted that the American interpretation of a hornpipe is quite different from the Scots'; here we ease the transition from one style to the next with a drum beating of our own. NB: Witch Hazel is a swamp sumac peculiar to New England from which an astringent rub is distilled, good for soothing the bites of black flies also peculiar to New England. A fine stand of witch hazel grows behind Pat Cooperman's Drum Shop in Centerbrook Connecticut... |
MEDLEY - MP3 (400K) The Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside In 18th and 19th Century America, hornpipes were often used as work songs as well as dance accompaniment. To the soldiers of the period, marching was indeed considered to be "work", and the adaptation of hornpipes to the march was a natural evolution. Here we combine a stately Occasional March with two bright hornpipes to lighten the step. |
RETREATS - MP3 (382K) The Dream Valley of Glendaruel These three classic retreat marches embody the romance and beauty of the Scottish countryside, and are fine examples of the music that led us to develop this project. We found these tunes in the outstanding collection assembled by H.M. Scots Guards, with whom we have had the privilege of performing several times over the past few years. |
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