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    Default Need some suggestions

    for period fiddle repitoire. I have a good handle for some irish tunes of the times, but some appalachian/shenandoah (since I am confederate and from Winchester, VA) and some other tunes would be great. Anybody able to give me any names of tunes I can use?

    Thanks
    "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." -Gen. John Sedgwick

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    Chris Thulien

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    Check out Alan Jabbour's research

    http://www.alanjabbour.com/Fiddle_Tu...ier_Schick.pdf

    and this tune collection, probably the only period source for fiddle tunes published south of the Mason-Dixon line. Duke Univ. has it available online. Let me know if you can't find it and I'll dig up the link.

    Virginia Reels, published in Baltimore in 1839 by George P. Knauff,

    Also look for Elias Howe's Musician's Omnibus Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. It is a massive collection of fiddle tunes published during the war. worldcat.org should be able to tell you which libraries have copies.

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    Thanks! I really appreciate it!

    Cheers,
    "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." -Gen. John Sedgwick

    2nd Sgt., 2nd Virginia Infantry Company F 'Valley Corps.'

    Chris Thulien

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    Lorena It was the favorite of a bunch of Reb Generals.

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    Default Fiddle Tune Links

    Paul Bostick
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    To GGrandDad Captain TCK Bostick, Army of Mississippi, 2nd Corp, 5th Regiment, Company I (Kemper Rebels). Killed at the battle of Shiloh

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    Paul Bostick
    Stillwater, OK

    "For bad coffee, I play bad. For good coffee... I play the same as for bad coffee, it's all a matter of perspective".

    To GGrandDad Captain TCK Bostick, Army of Mississippi, 2nd Corp, 5th Regiment, Company I (Kemper Rebels). Killed at the battle of Shiloh

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    Quote Originally Posted by DulcimerPlayer View Post
    Good links to period songs. lyrics, etc.
    Which period? 1800-1865? 1710-2010?

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