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Audio Recording Stony Point

Stony Point

About this Item

Title

  • Stony Point

Names

  • Jabbour, Alan (Transcriber)
  • Jabbour, Alan (Collector)
  • Jabbour, Karen Singer (Collector)
  • Reed, Henry, 1884-1968 (Performer)

Created / Published

  • Reed family home, Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, June 18, 1966

Headings

  • -  Instrumental music
  • -  Fiddle tunes
  • -  Folk music--Appalachian Region
  • -  Breakdowns
  • -  Reels
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Music
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  United States -- Virginia -- Giles County -- Glen Lyn

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Music
  • Field recordings

Notes

  • -  Meter: 4/4
  • -  Key: G
  • -  Compass: 11
  • -  Strains: 3 (low-middle-high, 2-2-2)
  • -  Rendition: 1r-3r-1r-2r-3r-1r-2r-3r-1r-2r-tag
  • -  Phrase Structure: AB QR UV (abab qrq's uvuw)
  • -  Stylistic features: Slurs, many variations in bowing.
  • -  This is a widely circulated American fiddle tune, but, unlike most tunes that are widely known, it seems to go by many titles in various localities. Northern sets are often called "Pigtown Fling," but in the South there are many titles. Henry Reed's title "Stony Point" has been recorded from others as well in his region--but so have other titles such as "Wild Horse" or "Old Dad." The third strain that he inserts between the two usual strains is also known from others in the Upper South. "Stony Point" as a title may refer to any number of localities, and Henry Reed did not localize it. But it also happens to be the name of a well-known battle in the Revolutionary War, when Mad Anthony Wayne and his Pennsylvania troops surprised and defeated the British at Stony Point on the Hudson River in New York. This tune can be traced back to the early nineteenth century in America, and it resembles certain British instrumental tunes, but no clear derivation has been shown beyond American borders. The notes to "Old Dad" in American Fiddle Tunes (Library of Congress, AFS L62) contain additional notes and citations.
  • -  Performed by Henry Reed, fiddle.
  • -  Spoken: ALAN JABBOUR: That's a good tune.
  • -  Recording chronology: 023
  • -  Duration: 1 minute, 26 seconds

Medium

  • Audio tape

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1967/007: AFS 13033B15

Source Collection

  • Alan Jabbour duplication project, part 1

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line

Please cite the source collection title, collection number, and repository, for example:

Alan Jabbour duplication project, part 1 (AFC 1967/007), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Alan Jabbour duplication project, part 2 (AFC 1969/008), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Fiddle tunes of the old frontier: the Henry Reed collection online presentation (AFC 1999/016), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Jabbour, Alan, Alan Jabbour, Karen Singer Jabbour, and Henry Reed. Stony Point. Reed family home, Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, 1966. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afcreed000093/.

APA citation style:

Jabbour, A., Jabbour, A., Jabbour, K. S. & Reed, H. (1966) Stony Point. Reed family home, Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afcreed000093/.

MLA citation style:

Jabbour, Alan, et al. Stony Point. Reed family home, Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, 1966. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afcreed000093/>.