Play Me Something Quick and Devilish: Old-Time Fiddlers in Missouri

Abbreviations

xvii Abbreviations Cole’s M. M. Cole, One Thousand Fiddle Tunes (Chicago: Cole, 1940), reprint of Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (Boston, 1883) DMI Francis O’Neill, The Dance Music of Ireland: 1,001 Gems (1907; reprint, Dublin: Walton’s, 2004) Ford Ira W. Ford, Traditional Music of America (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1940) “Good Tune” Howard Marshall et al., “Now That’s a Good Tune”: Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling, rev. ed. (1989; reprint, Seattle: Voyager Recordings and Books, 2008) KT-SG Transcription by Kristen Tourville and Sharon Graf MCHC Missouri Cultural Heritage Center, University of Missouri–Columbia MFFA Missouri Friends of the Folk Arts, St. Louis MHR Missouri Historical Review MSOTFA Missouri State Old-Time Fiddler’s Association, Columbia OFM Drew Beisswenger and Gordon McCann, Ozarks Fiddle Music (Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 2008) OTFR R. P. Christeson, The Old-Time Fiddler’s Repertory, 2 vols. (1973, 1984; reprint, Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2011) OTH Old-Time Herald Ryan’s William Bradbury Ryan, Ryan’s Mammoth Collection of 1,050 Reels and Jigs (Boston: Elias Howe, 1883), reprinted as Patrick Sky, ed., Mel Bay Presents “Ryan’s Mammoth Collection of 1,050 Reels and Jigs” (Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 1995) SG Transcription by Sharon Graf SG-BP Transcription by Sharon Graf and Brian Pryor SG-KT Transcription by Sharon Graf and Kristen Tourville Thede Marion Unger Thede, The Fiddle Book (New York: Oak, 1967) Play Me Something Quick and Devilish At monthly dances in Hallsville, bands are informal, unpaid ensembles that change personnel and instrumentation depending upon who attends and wants to participate, but always at the center is the violin. Left to right: Laura Idle (banjo ukulele), John White, and Kenny Applebee (guitar), in 2006. ...