| First Publication | 1773 ca. in Sixteen Cotillons, Sixteen Minuets, Twelve Allemands and Twelve Hornpipes (London: John Johnston) |
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| Genre Categories | Hornpipes; Dances; For treble instrument; |
| Work Title | Fisher's Hornpipe |
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| Alternative. Title | Lord Howe's Hornpipe; Mr Fishar's Hornpipe; Blanchard's Hornpipe; West's Hornpipe; Egg Hornpipe; Crannciuil Ui Fishuir; Y Dynwr; Blacksmith's Hornpipe ; China Orange Hornpipe; Fisherman's Hornpipe; Fisherman's Lilt; First of May; Kelly's Hornpipe; O'Dwyer's Hornpipe; Peckhover Walk Hornpipe; Reel Boivin; Sailor's Hornpipe; Wigs on the Green |
| Composer | Fishar, James |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJF 17 |
| Key | G major |
| First Publication. | 1773 ca. in Sixteen Cotillons, Sixteen Minuets, Twelve Allemands and Twelve Hornpipes (London: John Johnston) |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Classical |
| Piece Style | Classical |
| Instrumentation | treble instrument |
| External Links | Tune Archive (conflates James Fishar with John Abraham Fisher) Tune Archive (version called Blanchard's Hornpipe) |
| Extra Information | Simply called Hornpipe No.1 in first edition. The collection was re-issued by John Rutherford c.1778. WorldCat gives 1790 as an estimate for the re-issue; however, this must be in error, as the publisher John Rutherford was only in business between 1771 and 1784. |
