| 30510 | Fiddle Like the Dickens! |
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| Traditional (Arr. McCarrick, Tim) |  Score
 mp3 audio
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| Category: String Orchestra; String Orchestra w/solo |
| Grade: Medium |
| Duration: 5:00 |
| Instrumentation: str=8.8(5).5.5.5 |
| Comments: Christmas Carols and Fiddle Tunes from Scrooge's Time (Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol). Sir Roger De Coverly; The Wassail Song; Angels We Have Heard on High; The Rights of Man; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; I Saw Three Ships. 3 solo fiddlers (or 2 violins and 1 viola). |
| Description: Tunes and carols played in fiddle style! In his 1843 work, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens describes the Christmas party and the first fiddle song played after dinner. This medley starts the same way, with the old English slip jig, Sir Roger De Coverly; as played by three solo fiddlers. Also includes: The Wassail Song; Angels We Have Heard on High; The Rights of Man; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; I Saw Three Ships. |