It was a favourite of George Atkinson and it was regarded as a test
piece in the early days. Over to Julia to fill in the details.
Colin R
-----Original Message-----
From: Francis Wood <oatenp...@googlemail.com>
To: Dartmouth NPS <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:27
Subject: [NSP] Barrington Hornpipe
A query about the Barrington Hornpipe, appearing in Northumbrian
Pipers's Tune Book (1).
Can anyone provide any information about the background to this tune?
I've heard it was composed as a competition piece, requiring all on a 7
key chanter.
Are there sources for this information?
Does Todd's manuscript copy survive? And are there significant variants
on this as it is played today?
Francis
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