The Fiddler's Companion

Published Sources: Books and MS. collections


ALBURGER, MARY ANNE. Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London. 1983. ISBN 0-575-03174-3.

ALEWINE, KEVIN & FLEMING, KEN. The Maid That Cut Off the Chicken's Lips: Celtic Ceili Tunes Played in Texas. Vol. 1. Southwest Celtic Music Association, P.O. Box 4474, Dallas, TX 75208. 1987.

ALLAN, MOZART. Allan's Irish Fiddler. Edited by Hugh McDermott. Published by Mozart Allan, 84 Carlton Place, Glasgow, England. c. 1920’s (?)

ANDERSON, TOM. Ringing Strings. Published by The Shetland Times, Ltd., Lerwick, Shetland. 1983. ISBN 0 900662 40 9.

ANDERSON, TOM & GEORGESON, TOM. Da Mirrie Dancers. Third Edition, 1989 (originally published in 1970). Shetland Folk Society, Lerwick Shetland. ISBN 0 948276 02 9.

ASHMAN, GORDON. The Ironbridge Hornpipe: A Shropshire Tune Collection from John Moore's Manuscripts. Dragonfly Music, 44 Durban Street, Blyth, Northumberland NE24 1PT. 1991. ISBN 1 872277 06 3.

BACON, LIONEL. The Morris Ring: A Hand-Book of Morris Dances. English Folk Dance and Song Society. 1974.

BAIN, ALY. Fifty Fiddle Solos. Conway Editions (Music Sales Ltd.), London. 1989.

BARNES, PETER. English Country Dance Tunes. Peter Barnes, 5 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, Mass., 01773. Fifth Printing, 1992 (originally published 1986).

BAYARD, SAMUEL. Hill Country Tunes. Memoirs of the American Folklore Society, No. 39. American Folklore Society, Philadelphia. 1944.

BAYARD, SAMUEL. Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife. Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pa. 198

BEGIN, CARMELLE. Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood. National Museum of Man Mercury Series. Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, Ottawa, Paper No. 52. 1985. ISSN 0316-1897.

BÉGIN, CARMELLE. Philippe Bruneau: Musique Traditionelle Pour Accordéon Diatonique. Musée canadian des civilisations (Canadian Museum of Civilization), association québécoise des loisirs folkloriques. Second Edition, 1993.

BLACK, BILL. Music’s the Very Best Thing: the Bill Black Irish Tune Collection, Vol. 1. 1996. Sunphone Ltd. 427 Sippewissett Road, Falmouth, Massachusetts, 02540. ISBN #0 9652458 0 2.

BOYS OF THE LOUGH. Music and Song from the Boys of the Lough. Gilderoy Music. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1977. ISBN 0 9505982 0 8.

BREATHNACH, BREANDAN. Ceol Rince na hEireann (Dance Music of Ireland), Cuid (Volume) 1. An Gum, Baile Atha Cliath (Dublin). 1963.

BREATHNACH, BREANDAN. Ceol Rince na hEireann (Dance Music of Ireland), Cuid (Volume) 2. Oifig an tSolathair, Baile Atha Cliath (Dublin). 1976.

BREATHNACH, BREANDAN. Ceol Rince na hEireann (Dance Music of Ireland), Cuid (Volume) 3. An Gum, Baile Atha Cliath (Dublin). 1985.

BREATHNACH, BREANDAN. Ceol Rince na hEireann (Dance Music of Ireland), Cuid (Volume) 4. An Gum, Baile Atha Cliath (Dublin). 1996. ISBN #1 85791 143 1.

BREATHNACH, BREANDÁN. The Man & his Music: An Anthology of the writings of Breandan Breathnach. Na Píobairí Uilleann. Dublin. 1996.

BRODY, DAVID. The Fiddler's Fakebook. Oak Publications, New York., 1983. ISBN# 0 8256 0238 6.

BRONNER, SIMON J. Old-Time Music Makers of New York State. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, N.Y. 1987.

BROWN, JOHN. South to Louisianna: The Music of the Cajun Bayous. Pelican Publishing Co., Gretna, La. 1983. ISBN 0-88289-300-9.

BRUCE, J. COLLINGWOOD & STOKOE, JOHN. Northumbrian Minstrelsy. Folklore Associates, Inc. Hatboro, Pennsylvania, 1965. (A reprint of the original "Collection of ballads, melodies, and small-pipe tunes of Northumbria" published in 1882 by the Society of Antiquaries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne).

BULMER & SHARPLEY. Music from Ireland, Volumes 1-4. 1974 (for volumes 1-3, 1976 for volume 4).

BURCHENAL, ELIZABETH. American Country Dances, Vol. 1 (Twenty-Eight Contra-Dances Largely From the New England States). G. Schirmer, Inc. New York. 1917.

CAMERON, JOHN DONALD. The Trip to Windsor Collection: The Music of Dan R. MacDonald, Vol. 2. Cameron Music Sales, Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. 1994. (Cameron, of Judique, Cape Breton, is MacDonald’s nephew).

CAMUS, RAOUL F. Military Music of the American Revolution. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. 1976. ISBN 0-8078-1263-3.

CARLIN, RICHARD. The Gow Collection of Scottish Dance Music. Oak Publications, New York, N.Y. 1986. ISBN 0-8256-0307-2

CARLIN, RICHARD. The Master Collection of Dance Music for Violin. Mel Bay Publications, Inc., Pacific, Mo. 1984.

CARLIN, RICHARD. English Concertina. Oak Publications, New York, N.Y. 1977. ISBN 0-8256-0189-4.

CAROLAN, NICHOLAS. A Harvest Saved: Francis O’Neill and Irish Music in Chicago. Ossian Publications, P.O. Box 84, Cork. 1997. ISBN 1 900428 11 3.

CAUTHEN, JOYCE. With Fiddle and Well-Rosined Bow. University of Alabama Press. 1990.

CAZDEN, NORMAN. Dances from Woodland. Independent Music Publishers, New York (O/P). 1945.

CAZDEN, NORMAN; HAUFRECHT, HERBERT & STUDER, NORMAN. Folk Songs of the Catskills. State University of New York Press, Albany (New York). 1982. ISBN # 0-87395-580-3.

CHAPPELL, WILLIAM. Old English Popular Music, Vol. 1. Jack Brussel, Pub. 1961. Originally published 1855-59.

CHAPPELL, WILLIAM. Old English Popular Music, Vol. 2. Jack Brussel, Pub. 1961. Originally published 1855-59.

CHASE, RICHARD. American Folk Tales and Songs. Dover Publications, New York, 1956. ISBN # 0-486-22692-1.

CHRISTESON, R.P. The Old-Time Fiddler's Repertory, Vol. 1, 245 Traditional Tunes. University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri. 1973. ISBN 0-8262-0151-2.

CHRISTESON, R.P. The Old-Time Fiddler's Repertory, Vol. 2. University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri. 1984. ISBN 0-8262-0440-6.

COLE, M.M. One Thousand Fiddle Tunes. M.M. Cole Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill. 1940. The successor to Ryan’s Mammoth Collection of 1050 Reels and Jigs, published by Howe (Boston, Mass.), 1883. See article by Charles Wolfe in The Devils Box, Vol. 21, No. 4, 1987, pg. 37.

COLLINSON, FRANCIS. The Traditional and National Music of Scotland. Routledge & Keegan Paul, London. 1966. ISBN 0 7100 12136.

COLLINSON, FRANCIS. The Bagpipe: the History of a Musical Instrument. Routledge & Keegan Paul, London. 1975. ISBN 0 7100 7913 3.

CONWAY, CECELIA. African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia: A Study of Folk Traditions. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. 1995. ISBN #0 87049 893 2.

COOK, MATTHEW. The Night in the Kitchen Collection. Vanmarkin Publications, PO Box 315, Dominion, Nova Scotia, B0A 1E0. 1996.

COOKE, PETER. The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. 1986. ISBN 0-521-26855-9.

COWDERY, JAMES R. The Melodic Tradition of Ireland. The Kent State University Press, Kent Ohio. 1990. ISBN 0-87338-407-5.

CRANFORD, PAUL STEWART. Brenda Stubbert’s Collection of Fiddle Tunes. Cranford Publications, Box 42 Little River, via RR#1 Englishtown, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, BOC 1HO. 1994. ISBN 0 9691181 4 7.

CRANFORD, PAUL STEWART. Jerry Holland’s Collection of Fiddle Tunes. Cranford Publications, Box 42 Little River, via RR#1, Englishtown, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, BOC 1HO. 3rd Edition, 1995 (originally published 1988). ISBN 0 9691181 2 0.

CRANFORD, PAUL STEWART. Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes. Cranford Publications, Box 42, Englishtown, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, BOC 1HO. 1997. ISBN 0 9691181 7 1.

CRANITCH, MATT. The Irish Fiddle Book: The Art of Traditional Fiddle Playing. Ossian Publications, P.O. Box 84, Cork, Ireland. Third edition, 1996 (originally published 1988). ISBN 1 900428 90 3.

CUILLERIER, YVON. Joseph Allard: Cinquante airs traditionnels pour violon. L'Association Quebecoise de <<Loisirs Folkloriques>>. 4545, avenue Pierre-De Coubertin, Casier postal 1000, Succursale <<M>> Montreal, Québec H1V 3R2. 1992.

DARLEY, ARTHUR WARREN & McCALL, PATRICK JOSEPH. The Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music. Ossian Publications, Cork, Ireland. 1984 (originally published in 1914). ISBN 0 946005 23 0.

DEMARCO, TONY & MILES KRASSEN. A Trip to Sligo. Silver Spear Publications, P.O. Box 9020, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15224. 1978. Library of Congress Catalogue #: 78-66981.

DUNLAY, K.E. & D.L. REICH. Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton. Published by Dunlay and Reich, 27 Sherman Bridge Road, Wayland, Mass, 01778. 1986.

DUNLAY, KATE & DAVID GREENBERG. Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton. DunGreen Music, 20 Windley Avenue, Ontario, Canada M6C 1N2. 1996. ISBN 0 9680802 0 0.

ELSON, LOUIS C. The National Music of America. Colonial Press, Boston, Massachusetts. 1899.

EMMERSON, GEORGE S. Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String: A History of Scottish Dance Music. McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal. 1971.

EMMERSON, GEORGE S. A Social History of Scottish Dance. McGill--Queen's University Press, Montreal, Canada. 1972. ISBN #0 7735 0087 1.

FELDMAN, ALLEN & O’DOHERTY, EAMONN. The Northern Fiddler. Blackstaff Press, 3 Galway Park, Dundonald, Belfast BT16 0AN. 1979. ISBN #0 85640 155 2.

FLAHERTY, BERNARD. Trip to Sligo. Privately printed by the author. 1990. ISBN # 0 9516407 0 4.

FLEMING-WILLIAMS, NAN & SHAW, PAT. English Dance Airs; Popular Selection, Book 1. 17th and 18th century country dance tunes. Published by the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London, NW1 7AY. 1965. ISBN #0 85418 059 1.

FLETT, J.F. & T.M. FLETT. Traditional Dancing in Scotland. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London. 1964. ISBN #0 7100 1369 8.

FLOOD, WILLIAM H. GRATTAN. The Story of the Harp. Walter Scott Publishing Co. LTD., London. 1905.

FLOOD, WILLIAM H. GRATTAN. A History of Irish Music, 2nd ed. Browne and Nolan, LTD., Dublin. 1906.

FORD, IRA W. Traditional Music of America. E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc. 1940.

FRANCOIS, RAYMOND E. Yé Yaille, Chère! Thunderstone Press, Lafayette, LA. 1990. ISBN# 0-9625542-0-0.

FRASER, SIMON. The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles. Originally published in 1815 and in revised form in 1874. This edition by Scott's Highland Serivces Ltd., 54 Langton Road, London, Ontario, N5V 2M1. 1986. ISBN 0-9691181-0-4 (bound), 0-9691181-1-2 (pbk.).

FULD, JAMES J. The Book of World-Famous Music. Crown Publishers, New York. 1966/1971.

GATHERER, NIGEL. Gatherer's Musical Museum. The Pigpipe Press, 44 Liberton Drive, Edinburgh. 1987. ISBN 1-870296-00-1.

GIBBONS, ROY W. As It Comes: Folk Fiddling From Prince George, British Columbia. Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, 1982.

GLEN, JOHN. The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music, Vol. 1. Glen Printer, Edinburgh (Out of Print). 1891.

GLEN, JOHN. The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music, Vol. 1. Glen, Printer, Edinburgh (Out of Print). 1895.

GOW, NIEL & SONS. Part First of the Complete Repository of Original Scots Slow Strathspeys and Dances. Printed by Robert Purdie, Edinburgh. 1799.

GOW, NIEL & SONS. Part Second of the Complete Repository of Original Scots Tunes; Strathspeys, Jigs and Dances. Printed by Robert Purdie, Edinburgh. 1802.

GOW, NIEL & SONS. Part Third of the Complete Repository of Original Scots Tunes; Strathspeys, Jigs and Dances. Printed by Robert Purdie, Edinburgh. 1806.

GOW, NIEL & SONS. Part Fourth of the Complete Repository of Original Scots Tunes; Strathspeys, Jigs and Dances. Printed by Niel Gow and Sons (Nathaniel Gow), Edinburgh. 1817.

GREENBLATT, DEBORAH. The Cajun Fiddle Tune Book. Centerstream Publishing, Box 5052, Fullerton, CA 92635, 1985. ISBN 0-931759-03-X.

GUNTHARP, MATTHEW G. Learning the Fiddler's Ways. Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pa. 1980. ISBN 0-271-00237-9.

HALL, ALAN & STAFFORD, W.J. The Charlton Memorial Tune Book. The Northumbrian Pipers' Society. 1979 (originally published 1956). ISBN 0-9025-10-03-7.

HARDIE, ALASTAIR J. The Caledonian Companion. The Hardie Press, 35 Mountcastle Terrace, Edinburgh EH8 7SF. 1992 (originally published 1981). ISBN 0 946868 08 5.

HARDIE, BILL. The Beauties of the North. The Hardie Press, Edinburgh (Distributed by Mel Bay). 1986. ISBN 0=946868-02-6.

HARDING, ED. Harding's All-Around Collection of Jigs, Reels, and Country Dances. Originally published 1905. Lewis Music Publishing, Inc.

HEYMANN, ANN. Secrets of the Gaelic Harp. Clairseach Publications, 5012 Schaefer Rd., Minneapolis, MN 55436. 1988. ISBN # 0 9621867 0 8.

HINDS/HEBERT, DONNA. The Grumbling Old Woman. Hand to Mouth Music, P.O. Box A, Bedford, Mass., 01730. 1981.

HONEYMAN, WILLIAM C. The Strathspey, Reel, and Hornpipe Tutor. Dragonfly Music, 44 Durban St., Blyth, Northumberland NE24 1PT. 1988. A Scottish fiddle tutor and collection originally published in 1898.

HOPKINS, PANDORA. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1986.

HUNTER, JAMES. The Fiddle Music of Scotland. Edited by Alastair and William Hardie. The Hardie Press, 35 Mountcastle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH8 7SF. 1988 (originally published 1979). ISBN 0 946868 04 2.

JARMAN, HARRY E. The Cornhuskers Book of Square Dance Tunes. Harry E. Jarman & Co., Toronto, Canada. 1944.

JOHNSON, DAVID. Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century. John Donald Publishers LTD, Edinburgh. 1984.

JOHNSON, SARA LEE. The Kitchen Musician's Occasional: Waltz, Air and Misc. No. 1. Privately published by the author, 449 Hidden Valley Lane, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45215. 1991 (revised ed.).

JOHNSON, SARA LEE. The Kitchen Musician: Occasional Collection of Old-Timey Fiddle Tunes for Hammer Dulcimer, Fiddle, etc. No. 2. Privately published by the author, 449 Hidden Valley Lane, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45215. 1988 (revised ed.).

JOHNSON, SARA LEE. The Kitchen Musician's No. 7: Michigan Tunes. Privately published by the author, 449 Hidden Valley Lane, Cincinnati, Ohio, 455215. 1986/1987.

JOHNSON, SARA LEE & LUKEN, ROBERT. Twenty-Eight Country Dances as Done at the New Boston Fair. The Kitchen Musician, Vol. 8. Privately published by the author, 449 Hidden Valley Lane, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45215. 1988.

JOHNSON, SARA LEE. The Kitchen Musician's No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past. Privately published by the author, 449 Hidden Valley Lane, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45215. 1992.

JOYAL, JEAN-PIERRE. Danses d'ici: Musique Traditionnelle du Québec. Association Québecoise des <<Loisirs Folkloriques>>, 4545 avenue Pierre-De Coubertin, Casier postal 1000, Succursale <<M>>, Montréal, Québec. 1994.

JOYCE, P.W. Ancient Irish Music, 4th Edition. M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin. 1890 (originally published in 1873).

JOYCE, P.W. Old Irish Folk Music and Songs. Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, N.Y. 1965. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 65-20098. Reprint of the 1909 edition.

KARPELES, MAUD & SCHOFIELD, KENWORTHY. A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs. Hargail Music Press, 51 E. 12th St. New York, N.Y. 10003. 1951.

KAUFMAN, ALAN. Beginning Old Time Fiddle. Oak Publications, New York, N.Y. 1977.

KENNEDY, PETER. The Fiddler's Tune Book; 100 Traditional Airs. Hargail Music Press, 28 West 38th St., New York, N.Y. 10018. 1951.

KENNEDY, PETER. The Second Fiddler's Tune Book; 100 More Traditioanl Airs. Hargail Music Press, 51 E. 12th St. New York, N.Y. 10003. 1954.

KERR, JAMES S. Kerr's Collection of Merry Melodies for the Violin, Books 1-4. Pub. by James S. Kerr, Glasgow, c. 1880 (?).

KIDSON, FRANK. The Beggar's Opera: Its Predecessors and Successors. Greenwood Press, Westport Conn. 1971 (originally published in 1922). ISBN 0 8371 4250 4.

KIDSON, FRANK. Old English Country Dances. Celtic Music, 24 Mercer Row, Louth, Lincolnshire, England. 1983 (originally published London, 1890). ISBN 0 9503784 9 6.

KIDSON, FRANK & MARY NEAL. English Folksong and Dance. Cambridge University Press. 1915.

KINES, TOM. Songs From Shakespeare's Plays and Popular Songs of Shakespeare's Time. Oak Publications, New York, N.Y. 1964. Lib. of Congress # 64-66316.

KNOWLES, JAMIE. A Northern Lass: Traditional Dance Music of North-West England. Dave Mallinson Publications, 3 East View, Moorside, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England, BD196LD. 1995. ISBN 1 899512 16 0.

KNOWLES, JAMIE, PAT KNOWLES, & IAN McGRADY. Northern Frisk: A Treasury of Tunes From North West England. Dragonfly Music, 44 Durban St., Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 1PT, 1988.

KRASSEN, MILES. Appalachian Fiddle. Oak Publications, New York. 1973. ISBN 0-8256-0141-X. Library of Congress Catalogue #: 72-96103.

KRASSEN, MILES, Ed. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. Oak Publications, New York, N.Y., 1976. ISBN 0-8256-0173-8. A re-editing of O'Neill's classic works of 1903 and 1907, with updated and corrected settings, along with ornamentation incorporated in the notation.

KRASSEN, MILES. Masters of Old-Time Fiddling. Oak Publications, New York. 1983.

KUNTZ, ANDREW. Ragged But Right: One Hundred and Fifty Old Time String Band Songs and Tunes From Six Decades of Recording. Staggerin' Willie Press, c/o Kuntz, 8 Veatch Street, Wappingers Falls, N.Y. 12590. 1987.

LAUFMAN, DUDLEY. Okay, Let's Try a Contra, Men on the Right, Ladies on the Left, Up and Down the Hall. Country Dance Society Inc., New York. 1973.

LERWICK, ALAN. The Kilted Fiddler. Centerstream Publications, P.O. Box 5052, Fullerton, Ca. 92635. 1985. ISBN 0-931759-00-5.

LILLY, JOHN ed. Mountains of Music: West Virginia Traditional Music from Goldenseal. University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago. 1999. ISBN 0-252-06815-7.

LINSCOTT. Chapter - 'The Country Dance'. Folk Songs of Old New England, 1939, pgs. 69-120.

LITTLE, JASON. Scottish and Cape Breton Fiddle Music in New Hampshire. Rye Pond Publications. c/o Jason Little, PO Box 154, Marlow, NH, 03456. 1984.

LOCKHART, G.W. Highland Balls and Village Halls. Luath Press Limited, Edinburgh. 1985.

LOWINGER, GENE. Bluegrass Fiddle. Oak Publications, New York. 1974. ISBN 0-8256-0150-9.

MAC AMHLAOIBH, FEARGAL & CON DURHAM. An Pota Stóir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne (The Set Dance Music of West Kerry). Inne, Ceardlann na Coille, An Daingean, Co. Chiarrai. ISBN 0-9522090-2-0.

MAC AOIDH, CAOIMHIN. Between the Jigs and Reels: The Donegal Fiddle Tradition. Drumlin Publications, Nure, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland, (072)55237. 1994. ISBN # 1 873437 08 0.

MACDONALD, KEITH NORMAN. The Skye Collection of the Best Reels and Strathspeys Extant, originally published in 1887. Edited in 1980 by Paul Stewart Cranford. Skye Collection, P.O. Box 30, Whitney Pier P.S., Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada B1N 3B1.

MALLINSON, DAVE. Mally's Cotswold Morris Book, Volume 1. Published by Dave Mallinson Music, 3 East View, Moorside, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 6LD. 1988.

MALLINSON, DAVE. Mally's Cotswold Morris Book, Volume 2. Published by Dave Mallinson Music, 3 East View, Moorsdale, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 6LD. 1988.

MALLINSON, DAVE. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. Dave Mallinson Publications, 3 East View, Moorside, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England BD19 6LD. 1995. ISBN 1 899512 18 7.

MALLINSON, DAVE. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. Dave Mallinson Publications, 3 East View, Moorside, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England BD19 6LD. 1995. ISBN 1 899512 19 5.

MALLINSON, DAVE. 100 Irish Polkas. Dave Mallinson Publications, 3 East View, Moorside, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England BD19 6LD. 1997. ISBN 1 899512 21 7.

MARSHALL, WILLIAM. William Marshall's Scottish Melodies. Comprising four volumes: "Marshall's Scottish Airs" (1822), "A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels ... Composed by William Marshall" (1781), "Volume 2nd of a Collection of Scottish Melodies, Jigs, Slow Airs, Etc" (1845), and "Kinrara" (1800). Republished by Jack Perron and Randy Miller. Fiddlecase Books, HC 63 Box 104, East Alstead, N.H. 1978.

MARTIN, CHRISTINE. Ceol Na Fidhle: Highland Tunes for the Fiddle. Vol's. 1-4. Taigh Na Teud (Harpstring House), 13 Breacais Ard, Isle of Skye, Scotland IV42 8PY. 1985 & 1991. ISBN # 1-871931-053.

MATTHIESEN, BILL. The Waltz Book. Bill Matthiesen, 33 Stormview Road, Lanesboro, MA, 01237 (413-442-9172). 1992.

MATTHIESEN, BILL. The Waltz Book II. Bill Matthiesen, 33 Stormview Road, Lanesboro, MA, 01237 (413-442-9172). 1995. ISBN # 0-9633787-1-6.

McNULTY, PAT. Dance Music of Ireland. Ossian Publications, P.O. Box 84, Cork, Ireland. 1991 (Originally published 1965).

MELLOR, HUGH. Welsh Dance Tunes. Novello & Co., Ltd., London. 1935.

MERRYWEATHER, JAMES. Merryweather's Tunes for English Bagpipes. Dragonfly Music, 44 Durban St., Blyth, Northumberland. 1989. ISBN # 1-872277-00-4.

MERRYWEATHER, JAMES & SEATTLE, MATT. The Fiddler of Helperby: Victorian Music from a North Yorkshire Village. Dragonfly Music, 10 Givson Street, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, NE64 6PE. 1994. ISBN # 1-872277-18-7.

MESSER, DON. Way Down East Fiddlin' Tunes. Gordon V. Thompson Limited, Toronto, Canada. 1948(?).

MESSER, DON. Don Messer Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes. Gordon V. Thompson Limited (Mel Bay Presents), USA. 1980.

MILLER, RANDY & PERRON, JACK. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, Vols. 1-3." Fiddlecase Books, P.O. Box 540, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 03458. 1974.

MILLER, RANDY & PERRON, JACK. The Fiddlecase Book of 101 Polkas. Fiddlecase Books, P.O. Box 540, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 03458. 1978.

MILLER, RANDY & PERRON, JACK. New England Fiddler's Repertoire. Fiddlecase Books, P.O. Box 540, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 03458. 1983.

MISKOE, SLYVIA & PAUL, JUSTINE. Fiddle Tunes of Omer Marcoux. Privately published. 2nd Edition, 1994.

MITCHELL, PAT. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. Ossian Publications, P.O. Box 84, Cork, Ireland. 1993 (Originally published in 1976). ISBN 0 946005 72 9.

MORRISON, JAMES E. Twenty-Four Early American Country Dances, Cotillions & Reels, for the Year 1976. Country Dance Society, Inc., 55 Christopher St., New York, N.Y. 10014; 1976. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 76-3969.

MOYLAN, TERRY, Ed. Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra: Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. The Lilliput Press, 4 Rosemount Terrace, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7. 1994. ISBN 1 874675 42 2.

MULVIHILL, MARTIN. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. Privately Published, Bronx, New York. 1986.

NEIL, J. MURRAY. The Scots Fiddle: Tunes, Tales & Traditions. Lochar Publishing, Moffat, Scotland. 1991. ISBN 0-948403-07-1.

Ó BOYLE, SEAN. The Irish Song Tradition. MacMillan of Canada, Toronto. 1976/1977. ISBN # 0 7705 1507 X.

Ó CANAINN, TOMAS. Traditional Music in Ireland. Routledge & Keegan Paul, London. 1978.

Ó CANAINN, TOMAS. Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland. Ossian Publications Co. Ltd., P.O. Box 84, Cork, Ireland. 1995. ISBN 0 946005 84 2.

O'NEILL, FRANCIS (1850). Music of Ireland (1850 Selections). Edited by Daniel Michael Collins. Rock Chapel Press (Shanachie Records), 1 Hollywood Ave., Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, 10423. A 1979 reprint of the original 1903 edition. A few sections of this, O'Neill's first, book are not well edited, especially with regard to key signatures for modal tunes.

O'NEILL, FRANCIS (1001 Gems). The Dance Music of Ireland, 1001 Gems. Published by Waltons Manufacturing Ltd., 9 Parnell Square, Dublin 1. A 1986 reprint of the original 1907 edition. This volume was a corrected version (24 settings and 72 key signatures were changed along with 254 minor alterations) of O'Neill's 1903 work, with the compositions of O'Carolan and 335 dance tunes (including duplicates) omitted from, and 185 tunes added. The volume became known as "the book" in the decades after its publication due to its size an authoritative selection.

O'NEILL, FRANCIS (Krassen). Music of Ireland. A re-editing of the original 1903 publication, listed under the name of the editor, "Krassen, Miles."

O’NEILL, FRANCIS (1913). Irish Minstrels and Musicians. The Mercier Press Limited, 4 Bridge Street, Cork; 24 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin. 1987 (Reprint of the original 1913 edition). ISBN # 0 85342 801 8.

O'NEILL, FRANCIS (1915). O'Neill's Irish Music." The Mercier Press Limited, 4 Bridge Street, Cork, Ireland. 1987. ISBN # 0 85342 800 X. A reprint of the original 1915 edition.

O'SULLIVAN, DONAL (with Michael O Suilleabhain), Editor. Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland. Cork University Press, Cork, Ireland. 1983. A re-editing of Edward Bunting's 1840 collection, originally published in Dublin by Hodges and Smith.

PAGE, RALPH. The Ralph Page Book of Contras. Published by the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London, NW1 7AY. 1969.

PANCERZEWSKI, JOE. Pleasures of Home. Voyager Publications, 424-35th Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 98122. 1988.

PEACOCK, JOHN. Peacock's Tunes. Northumbrian Pipers Society. 1980 (originally published c. 1805). ISBN 0 902510 07 X.

PERLMAN, KEN. Melodic Clawhammer Banjo. Oak Publications, New York. 1979. ISBN # 0 8256 0226 2.

PERLMAN, KEN. The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island: Celtic and Acadian Tunes in Living Tradition. Mel Bay Publications, Inc., #4 Industrial Drive, Pacific, MO 63809-0066. 1996. ISBN # 0 7866 0363 1.

PHILLIPS, STACY. Fiddle Case Tunebook: Old-Time Southern. Amsco Publications, New York, N.Y. 1989. ISBN # 0 8256 2544 0

PHILLIPS, STACY. Fiddle Case Tunebook: British Isles. Amsco Publications, New York, N.Y. 1989. ISBN 0 8256 2545 9

PHILLIPS, STACY. The Phillips Collection of Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, Vol. 1. Mel Bay Publications, Inc., #4 Industrial Dr., Pacific, MO 63069-0066. 1994. ISBN 1-56222-582-0.

PHILLIPS, STACY. The Phillips Collection of Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, Vol. 2. Mel Bay Publications, Inc., #4 Industrial Drive, Pacific, MO 63069-0066. 1995. ISBN 1-56222-914-1.

PULVER, JEFFREY. Dictionary of Old English Music and Musical Instruments. E.P. Dutton. 1923.

PURSER, JOHN. Scotland’s Music. Mainstream Publishing Company, Edinburgh. 1992. ISBN 1 85158 426 9.

RAVEN, MICHAEL. One Thousand English Country Dance Tunes. Published by Michael Raven, 26 Church Lane, Derrington, Stafford, England. Dist. by Music Exchange, Manchester, England. 1984.

REAVY, JOSEPH M. The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy. Green Grass Music, Carrick Road, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim, Ireland. ISBN 0 9528370 0 5.

REINER, DAVID. Anthology of Fiddle Styles. Mel Bay Publications, 1979.

REINER, DAVID & ANICK, PETER. Old-Time Fiddling Across America. Mel Bay Publications, Pacific Mo. 1989. ISBN 0-87166-766-5.

REMON, LIETTE & BOUCHARD, GUY. 25 Crooked Tunes, Vol. 1: Québec Fiddle Tunes. Thirty Below, 1108 rue Dollard, Val-Bélair, Québec, Canada, G3K 1W6. 1996.

REMON, LIETTE & BOUCHARD, GUY. 25 Crooked Tunes, Vol. 2: Québec Fiddle Tunes. Thirty Below, 1108 rue Dollard, Val-Bélair, Québec, Canada, G3K 1W6. 1997.

ROCHE, FRANK. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. Ossian Publications, 21 Iona Green, Cork, Ireland, 1980. Distributed by Oak Publications. A reissue of the original 1927 three volume set.

ROSENBAUM, ART. Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia. 1983.

RUSSELL, MICHO. The Piper’s Chair. Ossian Publications Ltd, P.O. Box 84, Cork, Ireland. 1989. ISBN 0 946005 41 9.

RUTH, VIOLA "MOM". Pioneer Western Folk Tunes. Privately published, 1530 W. Garfield, Pheonix Arizona. 1948.

RYAN, WILLIAM BRADBURY. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection of 1050 Reels and Jigs. Published by Elias Howe; Boston, Mass., 1883. See "Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes."

SANGER, KEITH and KINNAIRD, ALISON. Tree of Strings/Crann nan Teud: A History of the Harp in Scotland. Kinmor Music, Shillinghill Temple, Midlothian EH23 4SH, Scotland. 1992. ISBN 0 9511204 3 3.

SCOTT, HAROLD. English Song Book. Robert M. McBride & Company, New York. 1926.

SEATTLE, MATT--ED. William Vickers--The Great Northern Tune Book. Published in 3 parts. Dragonfly Music, 44 Durban St. Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 1PT. 1987. A reissue of a MS originally published in 1770.

SHARP, CECIL J. Country Dance Tunes. Harry Styles Publications, 51 Beddington Gardens, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 3HL. Revised edition, 1994 (Originally published by Novello & Co., Ltd., in several volumes, beginning with Set I in 1909 and continuing through Set XI). ISBN 0 948959 01 0.

SHUMWAY, LARRY V. (Ed). Frontier Fiddler. University of Arizona Press. 1990. ISBN 0 8165 1153 5.

SLOANAKER, JACK & PARKES, TONY. Square Dance Chord Book and Tune Locater, 2nd Ed. (Published by) F & W Records, Box 12, Plymouth, Vermont 05056. 1979.

SONGER, SUSAN (with Clyde Curley). The Portland Collection: Contra Dance Music in the Pacific Northwest. Privately published. 1997. ISBN 0 9657476 0 3.

SOUTHERN, EILEEN. The Music of Black Americans: A History. W.W. Norton and Co., New York, 2nd Edition. 1983. ISBN 0 393 01807 5.

SPADARO, A.P. The String Band Fake Book, or 10 Cents a Dance. Ms. Rabbit's Music Publications (Privately published), 1980. Out of Print.

STANFORD, CHARLES VILILIERS (ED.). The Complete Petrie Collection of Ancient Irish Music. Boosey & Co., Ltd. London. 1902-1905. (An edition of the famous 1855 work by George Petrie {1789-1866} containing 2148 tunes, 500 or which are slight variants or duplicates).

STEVENS, MEL. The Massif Central Tune Book, No. 1. Dragonfly Music, 44 Durban Street, Blyth, Northumberland NE24 1PT. 1987.

STEVENS, MEL. The Massif Central Tune Book, No. 2. Dragonfly Music, 44 Durban Street, Blyth, Northumberland NE24 1PT. 1988.

STEWART-ROBERTSON, JAMES. The Athole Collection of the Dance Music of Scotland. 1884. Out of Print (photocopy of original).

SULLIVAN, ANTHONY. Irish Traditional Music, Session Tunes, Books 2 & 3. Halshaw Music, 37 Catherine Street, MacClesfield, Cheshire, UK, SK11 6ET.

SWEET, RALPH. The Fifer's Delight. Privately published: 32 South Maple Street, Hazardville Station, Enfield, Conn., 06082. 1964 (5th Edition, March 1981).

TAYLOR, DAVID J. Where's the Crack?, Vol. 1. Dave Malinson Music, 3, East View, Moorside, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire BD19 6LD, England. 1989.

TAYLOR, DAVID J. Through the Half-Door. Dave Mallinson Publications, 35 Bradford Road, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD193JN, England. 1992. (Traditional Irish tunes from recordings of the band Shaskeen).

TAYLOR, DAVID J. The Crossroads Dance. Dave Mallinson Publications, 35 Bradford Road, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD193JN, England. 1992. (A second volume of traditional Irish tunes from recordings of the band Shaskeen).

TAYLOR, DAVID J. Music for the Sets: the Yellow Book. Dave Mallinson Productions, 3, East View, Moorside, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire BD19 6LD, England. 1995. ISBN 1 899512 32 2.

TAYLOR, DAVID J. Music for the Sets: the Blue Book. Dave Mallinson Productions, 3, East View, Moorside, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire BD19 6LD, England. 1995. ISBN 1 899512 33 0.

THEDE, MARION. The Fiddle Book. Oak Publications, New York. 1967.

THOMAS, JEAN & LEEDER, JOSEPH A. The Singin' Gatherin'. Silver Burdett Company, New York, N.Y. 1939.

THOMPSON, ALLISON. Dancing Through Time: Western Social Dance in Literature, 1400-1918: Selections. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Jefferson, North Carolina and London. 1998. ISBN # 0-7864-0480-9.

THOMPSON, RYAN. Fiddler's Almanac. Captain Fiddle Productions, Newmarket, N.H. 1985. ISBN # 0-931877-00-8.

TOLMAN, NEWTON F. & GILBERT, KAY. The Nelson Music Collection. Third printing, 1980 (originally published 1969). Privately published.

TRIBE, IVAN M. Mountaineer Jamboree: Country Music in West Virginia. University Press of Kentucky. 1987. ISBN # 0-8131-1514-0.

TRIM, ROGER, et al. The Musical Heritage of Thomas Hardy, Vol. 1. Dragonfly Music, 44 Durban St., Blyth, Northumberland NE23 1PT. 1990. Reissue of a MS from the Hardy family of Dorset, England. ISBN 1 872277 03 9.

TUBRIDY, MICHAEL. Irish Traditional Music: Craobh Naithí. Méabh Ní Lochlainn, Editor. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Craobh Naithí Branch. PO Box 6509, Dublin 16, Ireland. 1999?

TUBRIDY, MICHAEL. Irish Traditional Music: Craobh Naithí, Book Two. Méabh Ní Lochlainn, Editor. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Craobh Naithí Branch. PO Box 6509, Dublin 16, Ireland. 1999?

VALLELY, FINTAN & CHARLIE PIGGOTT. Blooming Meadows. Town House and Country House, Trinity House, Charleston Rd., Ranelagh, Dublin 6. 1998. ISBN #1 86959 067 5.

VAN CLEEF, JOY & KELLER, KATE VAN WINKLE. Selected American Country Dances and Their English Sources, from Music in Colonial Massachusetts, Vol. 1. Colonial Society of Massachusetts. 1980.

WADE, CAROLYN. Mally's North-West Morris Book. Ed. by Carolyn Wade. Published by Dave Mallinson Music, 3 East View, Moorside, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire BD19 6LD. 1988.

WALKER, ALEXANDER. A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c. Cranford Publications, RR#1, Box 42, Little River, Cape Breton, NS, Canada, BOC 1H0. 1991 (originally published in 1866).

WALKER, ERNEST. History of Music in England. 2nd Edition. Lowe & Brydone, London. 1924.

WARNER, ANNE & FRANK. Traditional American Folk Songs. Syracuse University Press, 1984. ISBN 0-8156-2313-5.

WATSON, HERBERT. A Rollick of Recorders or Other Instruments. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia. 1975.

WELLING, WILLIAM B. Welling's Hartford Tunebook. 1976. Privately published by Will Welling, Hartford Conneticut.

WILLIAMSON, ROBIN. English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish Fiddle Tunes. Oak Publications, New York. 1976.

WINSTOCK, LEWIS. Songs and Music of the Redcoats. Stackpole Books; Harrisburg, Pa. 1970. ISBN 8117-1575-2.

WOLFE, CHARLES. Kentucky Country. University Press of Kentucky. 1982. ISBN # 0-8131-1468-3.

WOLFE, CHARLES. Thomas W. Talley’s Negro Folk Rhymes. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. 1991 (Talley’s original published in 1922). ISBN # 0-87049-673-5.


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