Fiddlin’ for the Sasunnach A Flexible Compendium of English Folk Tunes - Digital Download

A flexible compendium of English folk tunes arranged for two violins OR violin & viola, with optional cello. Susunnach means English in Scots Gaelic. The violins and/or viola play from the book and if a cellist can be found, they play from the optional pull-out cello part.

Note: Sasunn means England in Scots Gaelic. Sasunnach means English.

Folk music is the product of evolution. It is the composition of the people, and in their music is reflected not only the characteristics of the race, but also the culture of the countryside.

English folk music is tuneful and rhythmic, not as mystic in feeling as the Irish, or as plaintive and spirited as theWelsh and Scots, but purely melodic as Plainsong. There is little evidence of any folk harmony, projecting a very real national expression. The Hornpipe, for example, is peculiar to England and is associated with sailors and the sea. Hornpipes are to be found in the works of Handel and Purcell. The Rant is a mysterious name given to an old English dance dating back to the 16th Century.

Contents

Bonny Ann
Bonny Kate
Bonny Lad
Boys of Blue Hill
Bristol Hornpipe
Cliff Hornpipe
Corn Rigs
Davy-Davy Knick-Knack
Dorsetshire Hornpipe
Durham Rangers
Hilly-Go, Filly-Go All the Way
Liverpool Hornpipe
Manchester Hornpipe
Nancy Dill
Navvy on the Line
Plymouth Lasses
The Bonny Breast Knots
The Break Down Hornpipe
The Cuckoo
The Honeymoon
The Lady of the Lake
The Merry Blacksmith
The Morpeth Rant
The New Rigged Ship
The Quaker’s Wife
The Tenpenny Bit
Tink-a-Tink
When Daylight Shines
Within a Mile
Yarmouth Reel