| 单词 | fiddler |
| 例句 | A fiddler played the latest melodies by the fountain as the children and their friends diverted themselves with hide-and-seek and hunt the ring. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The fiddlers are playing a lilting ballad, and at my nod, the boy takes my hands as confidently as if we've been friends for years. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And the wine flowed and tales were told and jokes were cracked, and then silence was made and the King's poet with two fiddlers stepped out into the middle of the circle. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The fiddler played a fast and comical accompaniment. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The fiddler came from this or that plantation, the banjo man from another state: Every day the musicians in the dormitories shared the melodies from their regions and the body of music grew. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Occasionally some ragamuffin troupe would mum a play on a street corner or I’d hear a fiddler in a pub. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The fiddler crab, that small and picturesque crustacean whose hordes move over mud flats or sand flats like grazing cattle, has no defense against the sprayers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The marsh fiddlers are important in other ways as well, being useful scavengers and aerating the mud of the marshes by their extensive burrowings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The drummer arrived and squatted outside awaiting permission to begin; the fiddler joined him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The fiddler crab is not the only creature of tidal marsh and estuary to be threatened by pesticides; others of more obvious importance to man are endangered. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A pregnant woman smiled at her and moved slightly, making room; Claire recognized her as Jean, the wife of one of the fiddlers who were tuning their instruments and preparing to play for the dancing. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Two fiddlers in the corner scraped a lively tune, and some of the more daring young people began to dance. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It was the upper class version of buying drinks for the fiddler. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He stopped hearing the grunts of the wrestlers, the shouts of the crowd, the barking of dogs, the music from the fiddlers preparing nearby. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But when that bill came—the fiddler’s bill—that bill for the tea, it was so much heavier than anyone expected, Boston was thrown into a paroxysm of anger and despair. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The banjo man displayed some talent, the horn player and fiddler less so. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They passed a magician with a bald head, a street fiddler, and an umbrella seller, his wares opened around his feet like black silken mushrooms. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z The fiddlers begin a different tune, the dance picks up around me, and like a fool, I stare into the crush, knowing he won’t come back but hoping anyway. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The Army offered us rations, which gettings Sip and I could not refuse; and so we repaired to the city gates, where our fiddlers’ fingers took to ruder labor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z After the kiss that seals the union, the cheers, and a toast with apple cider, the fiddler strikes up a tune that turns every head from 12. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The fiddlers begin a swift, tempestuous tune, and Keenan takes my hip in one hand and my fingers in the other. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Johnny and Rab knew, and men like the Observers knew, but best of all Sam Adams knew, that the fiddler would have to be paid. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl was the first to tell the fiddler to get busy and the first to dance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The place of the fiddler crab in the ecology of the world it inhabits is a necessary one, not easily filled. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z To achieve his quest, the self-taught fiddler and self-proclaimed scholar of life climbs into the surrounding hills and sits with the elder musicians, many in their 80s. Travel: Mountain View, Ark., Folk Music Capital of the World Advertisement Advertisement This is also the Broadway debut for the other fiddler — the one who dances, and occasionally seems to fly, onstage. In ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ a Title Role Shared Onstage and Off 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Although the haunting harmonics of the third dance momentarily got the best of Prescott, she managed to mimic the sound of a lonely village fiddler. Char Prescott and Ryo Yanagitani perform varied program in S&R Foundation’s opener He was a great fiddler, charismatic, like Menuhin, who was also charismatic, but totally different disciplines and different approaches to life. Violin's "bad boy" brings Poland to London 2010-05-12T14:00:00Z In 1966, the bluegrass fiddler Richard Greene invented the basic chop and put it to work as a showpiece while soloing. How Do You Write Down a Scratching, Crunching Violin ‘Chop’? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The rest of the three-piece band, including a mad fiddler, switched out depending on the song. Review: Lucinda Williams ruled No Depression fest with swagger, fury, presence 2010-08-22T20:21:00Z Less, however, has been said of how Mr. Osborne, whose syncopated, lyrical playing was inspired by the jazz-derived solos of old-time fiddlers, broke new ground as a mandolinist. Bobby Osborne, Mandolinist Who Flouted Bluegrass Convention, Dies at 91 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In between, Hansel "runners" will endeavour to transport the films in the most imaginative ways possible, whether by bike, kayak, motorcycle or pantomime horse, with busking fiddlers, Scottish dancers and mobile ceilidhs augmenting the route. Hansel 2012: on the road with Britain's mobile movie marathon 2012-06-09T23:05:28Z “While an Irish fiddler would play with something called ‘rolls,’ a Scottish person would play with something called ‘cuts,’” explained Mr. MacIsaac, perhaps Cape Breton’s most famous living fiddler. Fiddling With the Past: The Secrets of Scottish Music 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Find your Celtic groove with great Irish and Scottish baroque and traditional music, performed by fiddler and Irish whistle player Michael Albert, Scottish fiddler Brandon Vance and harpsichordist and cittern player Henry Lebedinsky. 4 don’t-miss classical events around Seattle and Bellevue 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z The band learned some of its repertoire from North Carolina fiddler Joe Thompson, who died last month at the age of 93. Carolina Chocolate Drops bring old-time music to Showbox at the Market 2012-03-29T20:31:08Z But some of the contours of that union remain, as Tevye would say, as shaky as a fiddler on the roof. Marc Chagall: The French painter who inspired the title ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Mr. James, who also was a songwriter, guitarist and fiddler, was promoted as the “Southern Gentleman” because of his gentle demeanor. Sonny James, country hitmaker of ‘Young Love,’ dies at 87 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z He recalls a watershed moment at a music camp in the 1990s, when he offered “Darol’s Chop Shop” to a group of virtuosic young fiddlers eager to discover new sounds. How Do You Write Down a Scratching, Crunching Violin ‘Chop’? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z He earns a comfortable income as a fiddler and is treated as an equal by his white friends and neighbors. 12 Years a Slave: An Unflinching Take on the Great American Shame 2013-10-18T17:07:02Z But he is only a fiddler in the metaphorical sense of all the villagers of Anatevka, trying to scratch out a simple tune without breaking his neck. In ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ a Title Role Shared Onstage and Off 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z For besides singing in a dazzling mix of musical genres in a dazzling array of styles, Giddens is a premiere fiddler and banjo player. Rhiannon Giddens: Musical Melting Pot Wows America 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z You are unlikely ever to hear the fiddler of the century in better sound than what Sony provides here. Jascha Heifetz's vast recorded legacy lives on 2011-06-08T13:53:00Z She needs to increase her projection somewhat, giving up a smidgen of clean sound quality for fuller quantity, perhaps, but she is a fine fiddler indeed. NSO and Eschenbach venture to Spain, taking the well-trod route 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z His tonal palette is somewhat limited because of a vibrato motion that rotates rather than pulsates, but he is still a world-class fiddler. BSO at Strathmore: A well-balanced ensemble that hits right at the surface She plays piano and accordion and is backed by an acoustic band featuring flute, whistles, guitar and percussion, with contributions from the Nashville fiddler Stuart Duncan. Emily Smith: Traiveller's Joy ? review 2011-01-20T22:31:01Z True to form, Friday night included both a traditional violin performance from the Irish fiddler Martin Hayes and Laurie Anderson’s spoken-word incantations. Glen Hansard, Colum McCann and Others From Ireland 2011-11-01T22:45:05Z She confidently guides the action on Todd Rosenthal’s simple wooden plank stage, a plain rustic look that includes a spiral of planks overhead, where the rooftop fiddler initially appears. ‘Fiddler’ at Arena: A match Rossebø, a fiddler and mandolin player, performs traditional Norwegian music, old-time American music, Cajun music, Scottish music. Listen to Frøkedal 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z A violinist — the work’s artistic director, Daniel Hope — played sweet-tone melodies, dressed as a blind fiddler. ‘A Distant Drum’ Recalls the Life of Nathaniel Nakasa 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z But then you would also notice that the seconding fiddler was usually different from one work to the next. Review: Venice and Vivaldi, Center Stage at the Metropolitan Museum 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Now he is playing one of the pre-eminent symbols of Jewish pop culture, the fiddler in “Fiddler on the Roof.” In ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ a Title Role Shared Onstage and Off 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z First fiddle Brendan O'Brien, later leader of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, recalls how he was the perfect leader, "a fine soloist with the most beautiful, individual sound and a totally natural fiddler". Raymond Cohen obituary 2011-03-22T18:23:06Z They have released archival blues from Black laborers in Florida and the Depression-era hillbilly laments of Blind Alfred Reed, a fiddler who sang of hard times in West Virginia. How to Handle the Hate in America’s Musical Heritage 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z But he also played, where appropriate, with the gutsy, right arm attack of a gypsy fiddler. Hall?/Elder ? review 2012-02-12T15:11:38Z Cape Breton fiddlers, meanwhile, move the bow faster, changing the direction of the bow for each note as much as possible. Fiddling With the Past: The Secrets of Scottish Music 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z She smiles as she remembers the opening reception for “The Map is Not the Territory,” when she invited a Palestinian oud player, an Irish fiddler and a Native American singer and drummer to perform together. Through art, creating a dialogue between Palestinians and others As a fiddler, though, to reach the top, she will need to cultivate a much wider range of tone color, particularly in slow, lyrical sections; the sound was too often dry or pinched. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra debuts two works from two ‘uncommon’ women 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z On a nearby stage, a fiddler plays a lively tune while Mary Kate Songer, 11, hits the beat precisely with the heels and toes of her hard shoes. Irish dancers in the D.C. area polish their steps for national competition Revered widely as a fiddler’s fiddler, Mr. Kavakos possesses flawless technique and a knack for conveying intensity without resorting to histrionics. Music Review: Defining the Art of Gravity With Strings and a Bow 2011-11-10T23:08:05Z A regular group — the banjoist and fiddler Don Meade leads the Landmark’s — gathers, and other musicians drop in to learn a new reel, jig, hornpipe or air. Traditional Irish Music in New York City 2012-03-15T22:06:12Z Bobby Britt, a fiddler who grew up in the foothills of the Appalachians and joined the Peregrines for their 2016 tour, said the music was inherently community driven. Appalachia on the Seine: Bluegrass Swings in Paris 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z When a fiddler came by one evening, young Jim was taken with the instrument, and his father ordered him one from a Sears catalog. Jim Seals, Half of a Popular 1970s Soft-Rock Duo, Dies at 79 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Harnick, now an energetic 90, was a fiddler himself until a shoulder injury recently forced him to put down the instrument. To life! ‘Fiddler’ is 50, lyricist Harnick is 90 A nearby fiddler struggled to show his first blind student how to hold the bow or the instrument. An Unlikely Fiddler’s Dream 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z "I see it more on a social level," Old Crow fiddler Ketch Secor said. The Lumineers ride folk rock wave to Grammys 2013-02-04T12:31:16Z Most of the original Cape Breton fiddlers played purely by ear — and some still do today. Fiddling With the Past: The Secrets of Scottish Music 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Natalie MacMaster, another famous fiddler from the island, explained that Irish fiddlers typically played several notes in one stroke of the bow, “slurring” the notes. Fiddling With the Past: The Secrets of Scottish Music 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z He read about the fiddler’s life and eccentricities: his dislike of playing with other musicians, his refusal to play for dancers. ‘Riverdance’ Was Years Ago. Colin Dunne Makes Quiet Music Now. 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z It’s now led by the guitarist and fiddler Larry Campbell and, Mr. Campbell announced, renamed the Midnight Ramble Band. Music Review: ‘Love for Levon,’ Tribute to Helm at Izod Center 2012-10-05T04:30:05Z FRI Teaching dance with music by trio of local fiddlers, 8 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-12-31T22:09:53Z Bebop in particular produced more than one generation of players with a powerful right hand and a subordinate left hand: the piano-playing equivalent of a fiddler crab. Lonely Voyage of Player,Piano and Audience 2011-07-02T04:00:25Z The two fiddlers can’t see each other during the show, so they worked together to make their playing seem to match. In ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ a Title Role Shared Onstage and Off 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Solomon has heard that fiddlers played funeral processions from rooftops in the shtetl. Marc Chagall: The French painter who inspired the title ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Not many young musicians find their muses in a university archive, but fiddler and singer Maarja Nuut is indebted to the University of Tartu’s Viljandi Culture Academy, in her homeland of Estonia. Estonian musician finds her voice digging in the library stacks 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Singer and fiddler Sara Watkins of the band Nickel Creek will host the Jan. 15 show from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. 'Prairie Home' first: Keillor to guest on own show 2011-01-06T22:31:24Z Learning from the octogenarian Black fiddler Joe Thompson, she and two friends formed the Carolina Chocolate Drops, helping to reclaim the string band tradition for Black artists. With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Asmussen’s career — to the consternation of aficionados — was perpetually overshadowed by fellow European fiddler Stéphane Grappelli. Svend Asmussen, irreverent jazz violin virtuoso, dies at 100 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z “Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major,” he sighed, chuckling at the irony of how being the best bluegrass fiddler brought him back to the classical violin he’d quit. An Unlikely Fiddler’s Dream 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z But fiddlers are not like dancers after all. For a Violinist, Success Means A New Low Point 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z "I want to thank the terrible hotels of north Florida for inspiring me to write this," Isbell joked with the crowd before returning to play the song alongside his fiance, fiddler Amanda Shires. Welch, Civil Wars, Shakes win at Americana Awards 2012-09-13T03:30:14Z The band formed five years ago; the three musicians learned a lot of their initial repertory from the black fiddler Joe Thompson, who’s now 91 and lives near Durham, N.C. Music Review: At the Schomburg in Harlem, Carolina Chocolate Drops Let Loose 2010-05-03T21:12:00Z The crowd soon split evenly into musicians — fiddlers, banjo, guitar and bass players sitting in a rough circle — and spectators, most of whom played cards and gossiped rather than spectating. Frugal Traveler: Music and Moonshine in the Mellow Ozarks 2013-08-01T17:02:55Z Franti's high energy show included a special appearance by Amanda Shaw, a young Cajun fiddler who joined him on a version of the Steve Miller Band's "The Joker" to the delight of fans. The Radiators' last show at New Orleans' jazz fest 2011-05-09T00:54:09Z The festival offers the usual round of contradancing, bluegrass, fiddlers, Americana, world music and an expanded “Indie Roots” program that explores the place where folk music meets modern sounds. Washington works — and plays — at Northwest Folklife Festival 2013-05-23T18:05:39Z Dempson, for his part, was a wonderful fiddler: hungry and voracious and quick. Song of Summer: “When Summer Comes Again,” by the Lewis Brothers 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z You’d be hard-pressed to find a younger fiddler who did not acknowledge him as a major influence.” Kenny Baker, Fiddler Steeped in Bluegrass Style, Dies at 85 2011-08-01T23:29:29Z Playwrights and their collaborators, not wanting to be the proverbial fiddler sawing away as Rome burns, have had no choice but to contemplate their responsibility in a year of stark political turmoil. How theater should respond to a democracy in meltdown 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z His musical subjects included Norteno bands of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, Cajun fiddlers of Louisiana and polka enthusiasts from across the country. Icon of Indie films Les Blank dies 2013-04-08T04:13:39Z But the influx of Civil War aficionados, accompanied by cannon shots, a rifle volley, a brass band and old-time fiddlers, caused little stir from the hipsters who regularly frequent the city's self-described most peculiar district. Civil War re-enactors mark 150th anniversary of Battle of Atlanta 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Before long he was appearing at amateur contests and fiddlers’ conventions. Doc Watson, Folk Musician, Dies at 89 2012-05-30T00:33:31Z But one celebratory touch remains in the form of a fiddler who roams the fields serenading customers. Fall’s Almost Here. Can We Still Go Apple Picking? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z When she and the Chocolate Drops made contact with Mr. Thompson, the elderly fiddler, it turned out he had grown up in her grandmother’s hometown. A Solo Spotlight for a Powerful Voice 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z “I just want to be a grandmother,” she said last week, after chatting with the fiddlers who play at Aidan’s during the lunch rush. From Waitress to Brother?s Savior, Then Hollywood Hero 2010-10-12T22:57:00Z The two fiddlers said that they enjoyed their symbiotic relationship as they shared the audio and visual aspects of the title role. In ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ a Title Role Shared Onstage and Off 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Substance abuse at all class, racial and economic levels is the fiddler calling the tune in this plague of global moral and narcissistic depravity. Disgraced by Scandal, Mario Batali Is Eyeing His Second Act 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z It attracted fiddlers and flute players who, yes, played Irish reels, jigs, waltzes, and hornpipes, but who also played those Appalachian tunes, old and beautiful like rare apple varieties or wildflowers. The Joy of a Musical Session 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z The music roamed hither and yon, and back again — from fiddlers to folk songs of the Appalachians to ethnic songs of the big cities. Oscar Brand, Folk Singer Whose Radio Show Twanged for Decades, Dies at 96 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Three Legs included pedal-steel guitar, upright bass, a guitarist who doubled on mandolin and, for this concert, a guest fiddler: David Mansfield, who toured with Mr. Dylan’s father, Bob, in the Rolling Thunder Revue. Music Review: Jakob Dylan at Town Hall, Bleak and Somber 2010-04-22T21:42:00Z The prospect triggered flashbacks of unwanted serenades by accordionists and fiddlers playing for tips on European restaurant terraces. Opera Over the Phone Offers Passion in a Pandemic 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Seeing an amazing fiddler from Scotland in a crowded Manhattan bar was like seeing a rare bird in Central Park. The Joy of a Musical Session 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Starting with a lone fiddler walking down the aisle, the work moved swiftly through solemn and playful moods. Music Review: American Hymns, Both Classic and Reimagined 2011-05-11T20:49:08Z There was more Gypsy swagger in the encore, an arrangement of Hermann Schulenburg’s “Puszta-Märchen,” with which Mr. Neubauer, in the guise of a cafe fiddler, serenaded the delighted front row of the audience. Review: ‘Romantic Piano Quartets,’ From Chamber Music Society 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z She’d documented her elders and lived among them, staying up with the likes of the fiddler Luther Davis, then in his late 90s, to play until midnight. Alice Gerrard Didn’t Plan a Bluegrass Career. She Broke Its Glass Ceiling. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The Carolina Chocolate Drops — named in homage to the Tennessee Chocolate Drops, a 1930s string band — found a mentor, the North Carolina fiddler Joe Thompson, who died in 2012. A Solo Spotlight for a Powerful Voice 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Piia Kleemola, a splendid singer and fiddler, showed just how close to their rustic sources some of Grieg’s sparkling miniatures could be. Critic?s Notebook: Social Context as Musical Theme 2011-08-22T21:31:56Z So in 2010, she said, she and the fiddler Kate MacLeod, who had also worked with the wrongfully convicted, asked the Innocence Project to help them find exonerees with musical inclinations. Free to Rock, and Rightly So 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z "Without our traditions," the musical's protagonist Tevye says at the end of the song, "Our lives would be as shaky as . . . as a fiddler on the roof!" How "Fiddler on the Roof" helped usher in the Jewish Pride movement of the 1960s 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z The old-time jam, stationed up front, offers a bit more structure, with a fiddler leading the session. From City Folk, Toe-Tapping Country Sounds 2011-02-24T21:28:59Z In my first years, a fiddler from Virginia regularly showed up, as did a Scottish fiddler and scores of players visiting from Ireland. The Joy of a Musical Session 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z And it does nothing to dispute the commonly held notion that Chagall remained a small-town artist at heart, the proverbial fiddler on the roof, even when he was rubbing shoulders with the Parisian avant-garde. Art Review: His First Brush With the City of Light 2011-06-23T22:45:58Z His father, a western swing fiddler and carpenter, died when Merle was 9. Merle Haggard, revered country singer of common man anthems, dies at 79 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z "With the passing of Johnny Wright, it really brings an end to an era," said Stubbs, a WSM radio host who came to town as a fiddler for Wright and Wells. Country music pioneer Johnny Wright dies at 97 2011-09-27T18:46:07Z Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet fell and broke his hip in Alaska, and his Grammy-winning band had to perform there without him. Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet breaks hip on tour in Alaska 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z In addition to her aunt Lucy, Elizabeth’s extended family included skilled pipers and fiddlers. Elizabeth Stewart, Champion of Scotland’s Folk Music, Dies at 83 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z He has a traveling spirit inspired in part by his father’s mother — a tumbler, fiddler and vaudeville performer — and, at age 18, Solivan moved to Alaska in a GMC pickup on a friend’s invitation. The bluegrass is now being served 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z When the country singer and fiddler Charlie Daniels passed through Fort Worth with his band the Jaguars, Mr. Johnston produced an instrumental by the group, “Jaguar,” which Epic Records released nationally. Bob Johnston, 83, Dies; Produced Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash Albums 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Then one day I saw some Irish fiddlers busking. Fiddler on the yoof ? My son the 12-year-old fiddle prodigy 2011-03-31T22:00:00Z He spent most of the night leaning on the stage in front of the fiddler, fascinated by his playing. Where the Hills and Hollows Are Alive With Music 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The Chagall painting, depicting a bride and a fiddler floating in a night sky amid circus performers and animals, was the star lot at Seoul Auction's Monday sale. $4 million Chagall painting sets new Asian record 2010-10-05T10:08:00Z Over a thousand drummers drumming, fiddlers fiddling and trumpeters blowing, gigging everywhere from Horse Guards Parade to Camp Bastion. Next week's radio: from The Namer Of The Clouds to This American Life 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z On Celtic Music Day, we'd love to tell you that it doesn't come to a passel of amazing fiddlers, teaming with guitarists to perform classic reels. Sink your teeth into a better Taste 2011-06-23T11:42:00Z This leads to anachronistic inside jokes about singing cats and fiddlers on roofs. Review | What if ‘Hamlet’ had showgirls? ‘Something Rotten!’ hits and misses. 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z He began his career as a musician at a bar near the base when he sat in with his accordion for a fiddler who had called in sick. Jimmy Dean, Folksy Singer and Businesman, Dies at 81 2010-06-15T03:42:00Z The folk fiddler Joe Townsend claims that his violin has never sounded better since he lent it to an old Transylvanian Gypsy. The Gypsy Bible - review 2010-10-17T21:15:00Z A fiddler and a slug of whiskey might be the prescribed cure for anybody’s blues. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Banjos and fiddlers and 19th century murder ballads. Old-time music in a citrus grove: Santa Paula's Deep End Sessions on Sunday 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Accompanied by Bruce Haney, a fiddler, and his wife, Rose, I visited the Down Home for a sold-out Friday night show by the Boxcars. Where the Hills and Hollows Are Alive With Music 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z But this collaboration between her and Irish fiddler Martin Hayes for Pat Graney's "the Vivian girls," inspired by the work of outsider artist Henry Darger, is one of her most tuneful, lush and inventive. A list of must-hear CDs from Amy Denio 2010-04-02T21:47:00Z Albert Einstein and Sherlock Holmes gained prominence in their own fields; should we list them as “prominent amateur fiddlers”? Review: ‘Bolshoi Confidential’ Peers Down the Centuries and Past the Pirouettes 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z At the time, bulky but portable recording technology had recently made it possible to collect music performed outside professional studios by farmers, prisoners, fishermen, backwoods fiddlers and itinerant blues singers. Review: ‘Folk City’ at the Museum of the City of New York 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Black fiddlers played in a style that was more rhythmic, syncopated and African in character, and called the tunes “Negro jigs.” Joe Thompson Dies at 93; Fiddler of String Band Legacy 2012-03-02T03:08:25Z In its original production, “Jonny” ended with its title character — a black jazz fiddler who teaches the uptight European world how to fox trot — playing atop a spinning globe. David Lang’s ‘whisper opera’ Mines Truths From the Web 2013-08-02T18:57:04Z Over tea, the self-described grandson of an “old-time Appalachian fiddler, coal miner and Baptist preacher,” tried to capture his city’s music scene for me. Urban bourbon: A whiskey lover’s jaunt through Louisville 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z But most of Mr. Reynolds’s set was a freewheeling stage party, in which he was joined by a posse of new-music fiddlers and a tuba player, as well as Mr. Shirey and Mr. Matta. Music Review: Two Interpretations of New York, One Layered With Tart Observations 2011-08-11T21:59:53Z The group's latest release, "Wood Works," is bathed in an aura of backwoods Scandinavian fiddlers. Danish String Quartet makes a truly fab four in Santa Barbara 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z But the core of Hayes’ musical style is rooted in his birthplace of East Clare, Ireland, inspired by the old guard of Clare fiddlers. No Paddywhackery at Martin Hayes show, just real Celtic 2013-03-08T18:10:47Z But she has always competed with the best fiddlers of her time in her recordings of mainstream repertoire; her Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Bartok concertos are fully competitive with anyone else’s. CD reviews: Mullova shines in Prokofiev 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z “I think of the way my friend Martin Hayes” — a renowned fiddler — “might approach a gigue and vary inflections and articulations in a natural way,” Gandelsman said. Bach’s Cello Suites, Now on Violin, With a Folksy Feel 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Sometimes we hear fiddlers, sometimes guitarists, and always a fun time on warm evenings. Frugal Traveler: Tips for the Next Heartland Road Trip 2013-09-03T21:16:53Z Medieval woodcuts often show a fiddler holding his instrument to his chest, a posture that frees up the throat for song. Music Review: Carla Kihlstedt at the New York Festival of Song 2012-11-17T00:26:28Z You may not notice much when a fiddler edges onto a corner of the stage, or a percussionist joins in to bring Yazbek’s syncopations alive. Review | ‘The Band’s Visit’ settles in at the Kennedy Center 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Singing fiddlers still appear sometimes in the back room of an Irish pub, or at a gathering of Gypsy musicians, where the player sings, one elbow resting on a table. Music Review: Carla Kihlstedt at the New York Festival of Song 2012-11-17T00:26:28Z “Vivian!” he said, “Stop tapping your foot! You look like some kind of old-time fiddler!” Vivian Williams, Northwest Folklife Festival co-founder, dies at 84 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Stewart grew up on a farm in Middleton, Tennessee, before moving to Memphis to attend Memphis State University and joining a group called the Canyon Cowboys as a country music fiddler. Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, dies 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z As tough and discerning a customer as she may be in her shopping habits, the singer-songwriter and fiddler is even more that way in her career. How Amanda Shires, part of a country supergroup and power couple, found her own voice 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z “The fiddler crab scuttles across the cold sand. Overhead, a gull leans on one wing.” Baking Challah 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Paul Anderson, 52, a local fiddler, played for the queen many times over the years at Crathie Kirk, a small church just outside the gates of Balmoral. Tributes to ‘Queen of Scots’ as Elizabeth II lies at rest in Edinburgh 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z The couple also spearheaded a second career for star Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson, who had quietly moved to Washington state. Vivian Williams, Northwest Folklife Festival co-founder, dies at 84 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Stage lights flashed yellow and red inside Louisiana State University’s Tiger Stadium as a cowboy-hat-clad Brooks — along with a fiddler — jumped into the first verse. A Garth Brooks show was so loud it registered as an earthquake 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z With little more than six notes, a fiddler could vault herself into a state akin to flight. I Can Always Feel Like I’m Back Home in Montreal by Tapping My Feet 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The same could be said about the fiddlers who rule today. The climate change story that generated way more reader mail than Will Smith's Oscars slap 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The accordion player had been evacuated for weeks and stayed with one of the fiddlers. In the Gold Rush birthplace of downhill ski racing, the longboarders are back 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Lamb recalled one evening playing “triple fiddle” in the kitchen with Williams and Bill Monroe band fiddler Kenny Baker. Vivian Williams, Northwest Folklife Festival co-founder, dies at 84 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Daniels, a singer, guitarist and fiddler, started out as a session musician. Charlie Daniels’ loved ones remember the late country music icon: ‘We didn’t see his passing coming’ 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z It’s the secret weapon that allows a lone fiddler to make a whole room get up and dance. I Can Always Feel Like I’m Back Home in Montreal by Tapping My Feet 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z He grew up going to fiddler’s conventions and music festivals around North Carolina and Virginia. Triad musicians seek out golden tickets on “American Idol” 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z “Because it’s ear music, it’s a little bit fragile,” said Howard Marshall, 76, a retired professor at the University of Missouri and a fiddler himself. In the Ozarks, the Pandemic Threatens a Fragile Musical Tradition 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Country music firebrand and fiddler who had a hit with “Devil Went Down to Georgia.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Bush was a drummer, guitarist, fiddler and singer-songwriter with a distinctive, vibrato-heavy tenor that earned him the nickname “the Caruso of country,” a nod to Italian opera star Enrico Caruso. Johnny Bush, country singer whose ‘Whiskey River’ became a Willie Nelson staple, dies at 85 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z “At one time, Clay County used to be a hotbed of fiddlers,” he said. WV fiddler awarded Heritage Fellowship for lifetime of music 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Haendel was a rare female fiddler when she started out, and for much of her career remained one of the few women playing marquee concert halls. Ida Haendel, Polish-born musician known as ‘grande dame of the violin,’ dies at 96 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z But he does not read music, and neither did his mentor, the legendary Ozarks fiddler Bob Holt, who died in 2004, at 73. In the Ozarks, the Pandemic Threatens a Fragile Musical Tradition 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Daniels was a versatile singer, songwriter, guitarist and blazing-fast fiddler, best known for beating down the devil in his classic 1979 tune. Charlie Daniels, country fiddler behind ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia,’ dies at 83 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Daniels went on to become the renowned singer and fiddler behind the hit song “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” among others, and touched the lives of many with his prolific career in country music. Charlie Daniels describes the event that 'changed my whole life' in final interview with Fox Nation 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z The fiddler felt the honor mostly belonged to the many others who came before him. WV fiddler awarded Heritage Fellowship for lifetime of music 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Daniels, a singer, guitarist and fiddler, started out as a session musician, even playing on Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline sessions. Charlie Daniels, fiddle player and country music legend, dies aged 83 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The singer, guitarist and fiddler started his career playing bluegrass in his native North Carolina before moving to Nashville in 1967. Charlie Daniels: Country rock legend dies at age 83 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The renowned singer and fiddler behind the hit song “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” among others, died at age 83. Celebrities react to Charlie Daniels' death 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z In perhaps the most touching moment, the famed Canadian fiddler Natalie MacMaster played on a split screen alongside Emily Tuck, one of the victims, who was killed along with her parents. When Hugs Can Kill: Mourning Nova Scotia’s Mass Shooting in a Pandemic 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z He said his father — a carpenter and country fiddler — was an alcoholic who often drank his wages. Kenny Rogers, pop-country singer of ‘The Gambler’ who dominated 1970s music charts, dies at 81 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Northwest favorite O’Connor, a genre-bending violinist/fiddler who brings together American folk tunes and classical traditions, is joined by his violinist wife, Maggie, in a program exploring the diversity of this country’s music. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for February 2020 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The celebration includes dinner, traditional music played by fiddlers and speeches by dignitaries and council members. Montana tribe to celebrate federal recognition with public 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z He then sang songs for a crowd of people from Russia’s Jewish community, accompanied by a fiddler and accordion player. From New York to Moscow, Holocaust survivors share memories 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Mark O’Connor’s An Appalachian Christmas The fiddler and his band play seasonal favorites and more. The week ahead in SoCal theater: 'Jane Austen UnScripted,' 'A Christmas Carol' and more 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Bluegrass patriarch Bill Monroe said the same about African American fiddler and guitarist Arnold Schultz. In 2019, country music has a raging identity crisis. For Ken Burns, that's a 100-year-old story 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z The name of that first troupe — Fiddle Puppet Cloggers — came when someone noticed the loose hairs hanging down from the bow of a fiddler who was sawing away on his instrument. Perspective | Bluegrass musicians are putting their best feet forward for an ailing friend 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Black fiddlers are the trilobites of American musical history. Rhiannon Giddens and What Folk Music Means 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z A compulsive fiddler, he rewrites line after line practically until opening night. Lucas Hnath Lets Actors Fight It Out Onstage 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z After the show, I asked L.A.-based singer, songwriter and fiddler Sara Watkins, who was part of the house band, to describe her experience that night. What's it like to sing for one of your musical heroes? John Prine salute opens a window 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Ever since I began baking at home, I’ve been a fiddler. The Eton Mess, a Classic Dessert for Endless Variation 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Chagall’s “The Fiddler” was, for instance, no fiddler on the roof but in the cosmos. Review: Major new works by Steve Reich and George Crumb find two leading American octogenarian composers in magnificent old form - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z After that, for more than two hundred years, black fiddlers are everywhere in the written sources. Rhiannon Giddens and What Folk Music Means 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z The occasional appearances of the modern boy fiddler on the roof makes the furniture seem as out of place as if it were in an Ikea showroom. Critic's Notebook: As anti-Semitic hate crimes rise, a German production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' preaches tolerlance - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Largely self-taught on the instrument, she found that European composers did not resonate with the visceral, ancient inclinations of Sudanese fiddlers and African songwriters and musicians. Sudan Archives turns the violin into the soul of her funk, hip-hop, African rhythms - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z As a young man he earned money as a fiddler at village fetes. The secrets of a diary written on floorboards 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z “Beautiful Mistake” shimmers with Sudan’s plucked string playing, drawn from her affection for East and West African fiddlers. California Sounds: New music from Sudan Archives, Las Cafeteras, Prophet and Joey Dosik 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The fiddler, Waddell recalled in one essay, “usually wore a stovepipe hat, a stock of the old style, instead of a cravat, and a spike tail coat with brass buttons.” Rhiannon Giddens and What Folk Music Means 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Q. What is a fiddler crab’s life like? For Fiddler Crabs, ‘Size Does Matter’ 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Some 1,500 Virginia Military cadets marched by as did an army of Appalachian fiddlers and a world champion oyster shucker in a sparkly tiara. Fiddlers, native Americans and a champion oyster shucker salute new Va. governor 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Four months after they met, the Boston fiddler and Birmingham harmonica player were married. Nebraska couple use schoolhouse to live, work, share music 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z A total of 26 groups are taking part, including a southwest Virginia fiddlers group, James Madison University’s marching band and the Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets. What to expect at this weekend’s inauguration 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Pomp Long, a fiddler whose owner, according to the Richmond Leader, had “placed him under Frank Johnson when he recognized his natural talent,” was briefly considered a rival to Johnson in ability. Rhiannon Giddens and What Folk Music Means 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z A total of 26 groups are taking part, including a southwest Virginia fiddlers group, James Madison University’s marching band and the Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets. What to expect at this weekend’s inauguration 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z “It’s my joy,” said her husband David, a forester and a bluegrass fiddler. An independent family doctor struggles to find replacement 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Banjo player Emily Spencer and fiddler Thornton Spencer head the family band, founded by fiddler and luthier Albert Hash in the 1940s. The Crooked Road: Bristol, Hiltons, Clintwood 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z In recent years, he often performed with his son, fiddler Ben Paley. Tom Paley, who helped spur folk revival with New Lost City Ramblers, dies at 89 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z As a travelling “Negro fiddler,” Johnson epitomized the one musical figure in American history who can truly be called “ur.” Rhiannon Giddens and What Folk Music Means 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Now, the city is trying to preserve the place where a groundbreaking recording engineer and talent scout captured the sound of a rough-hewn Georgia mountain fiddler on the cusp of summer in 1923. Atlanta building steeped in music history faces demolition 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Black powder demonstrations, cheese making, yarn spinning, gold panning, Dutch oven cooking, fiddlers and mountain men educate and entertain. S. Idaho museums try to preserve past with little cash 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The city also is bluegrass, fiddler and dulcimer territory. Opioid epidemic hits Southwest Virginia hard 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z His hard work seems to be paying off as The Flattops - the bluegrass band Brant plays in with sister, Lake, on the fiddle - won first place last year at the Alleghany fiddler’s convention. Lexington middle-schooler takes talent to bluegrass 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z SAT Support the NW Junior Pipe Band and drummers, fiddlers and dancers in Scottish and Celtic musical traditions, 7 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Previously, he said such recordings would have been done with studio musicians in New York City or Chicago, and nobody would have recorded a “hillbilly” fiddler. Atlanta building steeped in music history faces demolition 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Singer, songwriter and fiddler Lillie Mae smiled back and demurely thanked the woman for the remark. Country maverick Lillie Mae steps into the spotlight 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z We talked briefly about “Fiddler,” and he began to recite a snippet from the start of “Tradition”: “A fiddler on the roof, sounds crazy, no? But here, in our little village of Anatevka...” A Spontaneous Sing-Off in the Shadow of Times Square 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Miller is a descendent of the Brown family of well-known 19th century Southern fiddlers. Boynton Beach woman finds lost siblings through DNA testing 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z The opening acts included a live bald eagle named Uncle Sam, a young singer who belted out pop covers and a fiddler. ‘Something is happening that is amazing,’ Trump said. He was right. 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z It’s not a solo recording: Renowned fiddler and mandolinist David Mansfield contributes to a strong lineup. Luke Brindley takes his own stage for Jammin Java’s 15th anniversary 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z This year’s competition will be dedicated to the memory of Cajun fiddler Arthur Leger, who died in March at the age of 95. Battle of the Bows Cajun Fiddle Competition to take place 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z The logo is a fiddler on a roof. You’ll never believe what this star of ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot’ does now 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z It featured a band including Bob Willis, a famed fiddler who became known as the king of Western Swing music. Decades before Trump, ‘Pappy’ used politics to boost sales 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z “Last night I stayed up until 12 jamming, and then I listened to a jam for another two hours,” said 11-year-old Julian Oliver, junior grand champion fiddler for Colorado. Weiser festival goers enjoy ‘jamming’ in free time 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z The convention’s history extends more than a century - the origin of the first fiddlers’ convention dates back to 1908. Fiddlers flock to Fort Payne for convention 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z “Each year we want to honor our legendary Cajun fiddlers of the past,” Dugas said. Battle of the Bows Cajun Fiddle Competition to take place 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z “He was not just a country fiddler, he was a master at it,” Smock said. Parkersburg Art Center honors artists, Byrd with displays 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z For the neck to be a primarily sexual characteristic, it would need to be larger in males than in females, like a fiddler crab’s fiddle claw—but it isn’t. How the Giraffe Got Its Neck 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The centre’s north plaza will become a “green space” for fiddlers, pipers and step dancers, as well as food trucks serving bangers and mash, fish and chips and Guinness. 'A terrible beauty': US festival reflects on Ireland's Easter Rising 100 years later 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Haggard was a skilled singer, guitarist, fiddler and songwriter. Health Highlights: April 7, 2016 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z A masterful guitarist, fiddler and songwriter as well as singer, the Country Music Hall of Famer recorded for more than 40 years, releasing dozens of albums and No 1 hits. Merle Haggard, country music icon, dies aged 79 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z An accomplished guitarist and fiddler, he continued writing and recording right up until his death, releasing a duet album in 2015 with fellow country music legend Willie Nelson. Merle Haggard dies at 79 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z He was heartened to see the emergence of a new generation of fiddlers, some starting as young as age 5. Late fiddler brought joy to live audiences, radio broadcasts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z It chronicles the joys and hardships of Jewish life described in the opening scenes by its protagonist as being as shaky as a fiddler on the roof. Broadway's 'Fiddler on the Roof' star Theodore Bikel dead at 91 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Barr’s Fiddle Shop on Main Street, a mecca for country fiddlers, includes a 1920s barber shop. Galax makes for a good Virginia getaway for fiddle, BBQ fans 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z He played and sang on porches and at dance halls, for Creole and Cajun audiences alike, sometimes alone and sometimes — improbably for the era — with a Cajun fiddler named Dennis McGee. Mystery, and Discovery, on the Trail of a Creole Music Pioneer 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z When the break ended, the crowds once again joined Mr. Haile on the dance floor, and the fiddlers picked up where they’d left off. Contra Dancing Grows in Popularity on Long Island 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z During his working years and beyond, Foss pursued a variety of interests in basketball refereeing, baseball, politics, horse trading, car deals, old time and country music and mentoring young fiddlers. Late fiddler brought joy to live audiences, radio broadcasts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z That’s how it felt to fiddler Bobby Taylor, who is quoted in the Goldenseal history, remembering his early days as a performer there with the Teays Valley Boys. Mountaineer Opry House in Milton keeps music acts going 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z Support grew for the school despite objectors saying it would merely provide fiddlers to fill the streets of Liverpool. Edward Rushton: Who was this blind revolutionary? 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z More than getting in touch with the humor of the piece Plant put together an eclectic group of musicians including a fiddler from West Africa and keyboardist from the UK. Robert Plant: What This Rocker Can Teach Us About Trying Again 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z “The lesson is don’t sit too close to a fiddler.” Yellville woman is the ‘fiddle queen’ 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z His encouragement would now be passed along to new generations of fiddlers and lovers of old-time music. Late fiddler brought joy to live audiences, radio broadcasts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z “Just to see a bigger group will really be a positive influence for the fiddlers as a whole.” Saline fiddle groups come together after 10 years 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z There are other attractions to build on, among them the colorful fall leaves, the annual fiddlers’ festival and the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains. Mount Airy Journal: In North Carolina, Inspiring Mayberry, and Then Becoming It 2013-06-22T01:08:26Z He wanted to live this way, apparently, and he did well for 27 years, and now he’s got to pay the fiddler.” Hermit Who Stole From Maine Neighbors Is Romantic Figure 2013-06-11T15:36:13Z They are far less culpable than all the parliamentary expense flippers and fiddlers, many of whom still sit untroubled on the leather benches. Can Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce recover from their life-changing crime? 2013-03-11T09:29:05Z Leicester, a disappointing ninth last season, have been up and down like a fiddler's arm. Blackpool 0-0 Leicester City 2013-02-23T17:33:35Z And then, of course, beyond the fiddlers, rabbis and circus performers — often treated as stand-ins for the artist himself — there are lovers, who are everywhere in his paintings. | Long Island: A Review of ‘Marc Chagall,’ at the Nassau County Museum of Art 2012-08-12T00:20:34Z Our next epitaph records the death of a fiddler, who appears to have been so much attached to his wife that upon the day of her death he, too, yielded to the grim tyrant. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z A part of the crew manned the capstan bars, a fiddler being perched on the capstan head. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z The fiddler was tuning up, and the rough men and women were laughing as they formed on the floor for the next dance. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z "It is I who must pay the fiddler," cries the noble to the priest. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Let not the fiddler play the fife, Nor fifer play the fiddle. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z She had played it and lost, and she must pay her debts to Fate the fiddler. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z You wonder whether this same penalty would be imposed upon musical managers ... they certainly do "entreat" the public to listen to their "fiddlers." Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z There was a general rush for the bar, the fiddler getting down from his box and hastening across the floor, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z When the work was finished, divinations with Apple parings and Apple seeds were tried, simple country games were played; occasionally there was a fiddler and a dance. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z None but fools and fiddlers sing at their meat. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z When one set of fiddlers were tired out, another succeeded. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z The fly he blows the shrill trompette, The gnat the softer clarionette; The grasshopper, a fiddler he— The drummer is the bumble bee.— Buzz a Buzz or The Bees 2012-02-18T03:00:15.753Z One of his bitterest flings at Bowood painted it as the common haunt of fiddlers and poets, actors and the like. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Redknapp said that far from being "any kind of tax fiddler", he was "the most ungreedy person you have ever met in your whole life – ever". Redknapp favourite for England job after not-guilty verdict 2012-02-08T19:02:42Z "I've told my passion to the stars," continued the actor in his most mellifluous tenor, making the distant love of the Spanish stage to a lady who was smiling frankly on the audacious fiddler. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Jewellers and milliners, players and fiddlers, venal wits and venal beauties, followed in crowds. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Death enlists some country fellows, a fiddler preceding. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z When they disappeared, Thorne called to the fiddler to strike up another tune, and the dance went on again. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z You may see the place now for sixpence; they have fiddlers there every day, and sometimes buffoons and mountebanks hire the Riding-House and do their tricks and tumbling there. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z After dinner, we had a fiddler in the hall. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Oh, there's none so rare, As can compare With King Cole And his fiddlers three! The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes 2012-01-15T03:00:17.137Z Then, while the fiddlers bent to their work, there whizzed a general centrifugal whirl, with a soft scuff of pivoting feet and the swish of agitated lingerie. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z The confidential utterance of the fiddler, will show the influence of Christian effort with such people. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z Perhaps some fiddler who plays at country barn dances is passing through the woods, and has stopped over night at Jem's shack. Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge 2011-12-15T03:00:17.777Z He told us dolefully that only one fiddler had come, and plaintively asked what could be done. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z They sat in a gallery, and had a fiddler and a trombone to accompany them. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z She looked round in affright, but the fiddlers were busy over the gentle tune and all the world of scandal was dancing or about to dance. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The young couple are then on view, but only to the parents and those of the immediate circle, to the fiddler, and to the drummer. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z Going off to see that wonderful child fiddler again. Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge 2011-12-15T03:00:17.777Z A lame fiddler, on a donkey, followed in our wake, filling Michael's cup of humiliation to the brim, by playing jigs during our frequent moments of inaction. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z It would seem that some persons are born poets, some philosophers, some fiddlers, some one thing, and some another. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z In fact, here comes everybody of any importance in Curtain Wells; and the fiddlers are tuning up. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z He is followed immediately by the drummer and the fiddler, who, however, drop out of line at the church door. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z The papers had been full that evening of the elopement of some countess woman with a fiddler. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z I should find them at the Smack Inn, where they had been all day, drunk as fiddlers. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z But one afternoon in upper Broadway I met with the sort of adventure that figures in the fondest dreams of fiddlers errant. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z The fiddlers smiled encouragement at the dancers as they struck off with the gallant old tune. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z She showed sudden interest in the fiddler, and tapped time to the music with her foot. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z This ballad, which was printed by Bell from the recitation of an old Northumberland fiddler, is defective in the tenth and the last stanzas, and has suffered much from corruption in the course of transmission. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z The grand fiddler of the neighbourhood could not come until late, so they had to content themselves with the old gardener, known by the name of "Grey Knut." Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway 2011-10-13T02:00:43.280Z But determined fiddlers errant usually land on their feet. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Had the clever bookbinder and fiddler gone mad? In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z The fiddler flourished his bow, drew it across the strings, and brought forth the strains of "Soldier's Joy,"—a melody that sets an Irishman's feet flying. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z In speaking of the resolution itself, Lincoln indulged in these typical expressions: It is an old maxim and a very sound one, that he who dances should always pay the fiddler. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z He blushed crimson, but said nothing, and turned back to where the new fiddler, who had just entered, had seated himself, and now tuned up. Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway 2011-10-13T02:00:43.280Z He disclosed himself as a fiddler errant by wistfully remarking that all this made him long for two things: his violin, and a chance to play trios. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z “O then you have been an Orange fiddler?” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z The clatter of the cowboys' spurs, and the tapping of the fiddler's foot kept time to the music. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z I am decidedly opposed to the people's money being used to pay the fiddler. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z "Who is that light-haired lad sitting there by the fiddler and staring at me?" said Jon. Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway 2011-10-13T02:00:43.280Z His grace heeded not this rebuke, but appears to have been actuated by the same feeling as the blind fiddler, who was recommended to begone, as every one laughed at him. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z A procession of young fellows—dressed in fantastic garbs as clowns, accompanied by one in woman's attire, and preceded by a couple of fiddlers—paraded the village streets. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z "Swing y'r pardners," shouted the fiddler, above the din of voices. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z “With the passing of Johnny Wright, it really brings an end to an era,” said Stubbs, a WSM radio host who came to town as a fiddler for Wright and Wells. Country music pioneer Johnny Wright, husband of singer Kitty Wells, dies at 97 in Nashville 2011-09-27T18:48:19Z Not till the midnight hour did either the dancers or fiddler weary or pause. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z He had continued to practise his violin, and everybody declared that never were country-dances danced with such spirit as when Jack was the fiddler. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z When he was being led away, the Jew screamed after him; ‘You vagabond, you dog of a fiddler, now you will get your deserts!’ Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z That digging has made me a mighty deal too tired to think of dancing to the sweetest jig e’er a fiddler could scrape out.” Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z "Ho, ho!" roared the fiddler with an impudent, swaggering laugh. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z The fiddlers worked away till they were turning in their seats. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z To the children's surprise, two queer little old men, holding carved ivory wands, came straight up, and tapped the sleeping fiddler across the bridge of his nose. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z “Oh! but I do want to hear you read what you wrote yesterday about the poor blind fiddler’s dog,” cried Ida. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z About half a dozen men and women are seated in it drinking and singing, and there is a fiddler upon the front seat. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z Even the poor fiddler has his Mecca far away, and it is called Cremona. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z In Mingulay, the "harper" who broke his "harp" for a woman's love was a young man, a fiddler. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z "Nay, I will play no more for you, you light-of-head and light-of-heel," said sleepy Simon, believing himself to be still perched upon the barrel that served as the fiddler's throne. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z Let me consider, I am a poor blind fiddler’s dog, to begin with; but of course that is only a trade. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z A wandering fiddler is playing to the innkeeper and his wife, who lean over the door, while five children and a dog are variously grouped. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z The fiddler struck up a hornpipe, and once more the deck was filled; and so with music, with dancing, and song the night sped merrily on. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z His mother played the guitar; his father, a fiddler and guitarist, performed at local social events. David Honeyboy Edwards, Delta Bluesman, Dies at 96 2011-08-30T05:29:47Z His black hair was like one of the big fiddler chap’s, and his smile would take in one of his pals. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z During this procedure the fiddler evoked further sweet thin melodies from his violin. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z The crowd was pouring in from the cathedral, and bevies of priests, and scarlet choir-boys led by their fiddler. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z I believe it is done in Eighth Avenue and Avenue A, when they give parties in little rooms of tenement houses and hire a fiddler to speed the dance. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z He was, and is, as common as the "country fiddler," and as full of good old-fashioned music. Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches 2011-08-15T02:00:25.930Z So soon as ever her French fillocks, fiddlers, and others of that band, got the house alone, there might be seen skipping not very comely for honest women. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z The fiddler quivered, he worked so hard; the hands of the drummers grew weary. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The Jewish fiddlers played their merry tunes in the courtyard of the castle at Hankowce, and far into the evening continued the dancing and jumping and huzzaing of the reapers. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The judges would take their places on the fiddler’s platform and the beauty line had to pass them three times in slow succession. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z And they wasn't a better fiddler nowheres than Wash Lowry, when he was at hisse'f. Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches 2011-08-15T02:00:25.930Z Out in the hall beyond, the black fiddlers were scraping, and Jacqueline could see a large quadrille forming. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z In front rode the piper, the flute-player, the fiddler, and two drummers, already somewhat intoxicated, and playing dance-music out of tune. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z "Then I am better informed than you," retorted the fiddler; "the avenger and his band are in the forest, if no one else is." For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z He called in three fiddlers, a clown, a tight-rope dancer and an acrobatic tumbler, and gave us all the divertisement one would wish. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The same tale is told of the fiddler of Brandenberg: the children were led to the Marienberg, which opened upon them and swallowed them up. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z She understood she had not been invited as a guest like everybody else; but as the fiddler's little girl to turn over his music for him. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z The band was composed of rustic fiddlers and shawm-blowers, who were wont to exercise their skill at the weddings and merry-makings of the peasants. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z It was late in the afternoon when his men came after him, and with them the fiddler Gregori. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Quoth sobbing Susan, "My sorrows are more than I am able to bear; for, mother, dear Frank the fiddler, my old love, and I are fallen out, and he swears he will not have me." Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z Once more I thought I heard him plain, That unseen fiddler in the lane, Under the timid twilight moon, Playing his visionary strain. Eight Harvard Poets 2011-06-26T02:00:08.617Z "Let him go about his business," said Melina: "I am any thing but in a trim for hearing fiddlers, and we have singers constantly among ourselves disposed to gain a little by their talent." Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Rogers's tinkers, tailors, pedlars, fiddlers, etc., had a lively time of it. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z I met an old fiddler there who had just come from Borsowka. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z "She'll never say nay, but sport and play; O, Bessy to me is the queen of the May; For Margery she is peevish and proud; Come, fiddlers, then, and scrape the crowd." Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z The old fiddler had spoken in terms of admiration of the Hottentot’s skill as a musician, and Koos lost his temper. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Near a doorway between parlor and hall sat the fiddlers three. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z When the dance finally concluded, the fiddlers scarcely paused before striking up another. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z And clutching the fiddler with his strong hand, he dragged him from the saddle and shook him till the poor creature gasped for breath. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The words were collected by a blind fiddler, and the dialogues were written by a clergyman with the fiddler’s assistance, before 1725. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The old fiddler would, however, sit for long periods, astonished and uncannily fascinated by the eerie tones scattered by the saddened strings of the ramkee. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z On a platform stood twenty fiddlers in contest 78 for a fiddle—each sawing away for dear life and each playing a different tune—a custom that still survives in our own hills. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z He liked to lie for a long time on the same spot and smoke his pipe; and when he was merry with wine, he hired a fiddler and danced the “tropak.” The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z So the fiddler said, and I can well believe it; at the same time, I agree it is well to be careful. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z A good many years ago, an old feller, a free an easy chap, owned a steamboat on the Missippi river, an he was a grate fiddler. Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z The fragments of the ramkee were reverently tied together by the old fiddler, who was honest artist enough to acknowledge a superior when he met him. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z How he envied the fiddler as he flew round, trailing his tunes behind him! Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z At the upper end an open door revealed a bed, on which shortly afterwards the orchestra, consisting of two fiddlers, took up their position, with knees protruding into the ball-room. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z "Mr. Kolb says," she broke out, dropping her humming violin note, "that I shall make a very good little fiddler some day if I 'haf patience,'" gayly imitating the old German's pronunciation. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z Of course there might be left-handed piano players, but certainly all the fiddlers and all the conductors are right-handed. The Boy Grew Older 2011-05-10T02:01:01.027Z The reappearance of the jolly old fiddler at the shooting-match was of itself sufficient to revive the waning enthusiasm of the spectators. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z The fiddler, to make fun of his short figure and homely face, exclaimed, "�sop!" Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z The fiddler seemed to enjoy the effect of his music; but his grim smile took no relief; the twinkle of the eye was wanting. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z And she is quite right when the fiddler is Mr. Kolb. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z And then with such Bohemian surroundings—that half-crazed painter, Fabian,' he muttered, 'and a purblind fiddler and his wife. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z It was a painful task for the good-natured sheriff to hand over the jolly fiddler and marksman to the jail authorities; yet this was his duty, and he did not shrink from it. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z The fiddler was coming down the street, and I sent a young lad out to him with silver. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z This Marmaduke, who thus testified his love of fin and feather, was an ancestor of Sir Clifford Constable, the present “Lord Paramount,” upon whom the blind fiddler exercised his wit. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z The Opera displays its charms incessantly, until all that remain to witness the triumph are the fiddlers and the scene-shifters. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z They say it will be so till Dame Dreary lays down her distaff, and dances; but all the fiddlers of the north country have tried their merriest tunes to no purpose. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z Bar here and there a man with a mouth-organ or a concertina, and a fiddler to do dance-tunes, the only thing that stood for music to me was the singing in father's church. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z By this time the fiddler and the piper were drawing nigh to each other, and there was a musician to the right of me and a musician to the left of me. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z The cleverest ‘Ethiopian minstrel’ could not chant his ditty more fluently than that blind fiddler caught up all the telling points of the hour. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z First there walked abreast the fiddler and the piper, playing vigorously the "Black and Gray"; then came the bridegroom's men carrying osiers, as emblems of their superiority over the bridesmaids, who followed them. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The fiddler and his wife, The piper and his mother, Ate three half-cakes, three whole cakes, And three quarters of another. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Made a friend of one of the habitu�s, a fiddler in the local band. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z And the fiddler was that lifted out of himself that he nearly lept over a cart. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z The gargoyles exhibit strange conceits; chiselled to represent a fiddler—a bagpiper—a man holding a pig—a fiend griping a terrified sinner—a lion thrusting his tongue out—and others equally incongruous. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z You can always tell the politics of a district by the number of fiddlers, prima donnas, tin whistle and jews-harp performers that play this new vent for patriotism. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z A Highland dancing master and a fiddler were engaged to come to Balmoral and teach the Queen and her court how to dance Scottish reels and strathspeys. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z Jake and the fiddler warmed up with the dancers, and presently the shanty was rocking with the stamp and the swing of it. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z There was one party round the fiddler and another party round the piper. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z And when our Mocarze fiddler played at the inn on Sundays, even the old people couldn't keep their feet still. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Then a feast was spread for more than fifty people, and after it the fiddlers took the place of honor, and dancing began. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Poor old girl! she ran away with a fiddler.' The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z Milo proposes billeting them, singly, here and there, through the carriages; but the bare mention has excited a rebellion amongst the equestrians, who will not consent to be treated worse than the fiddlers! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z But, as fortune would have it, little Billy av the Bog, the sthrongest wee Orangeman in Ulsther, comes in at half-time as dhrunk as a fiddler, sits down on a form an’ falls fast asleep. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z The story of the foregoing sing is this:—Lucy asked a fiddler and his friend to breakfast. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z The fiddlers struck up a furious tune, with them the two horns in the village band, and the night-watchman's horn, too-tooed joyously. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z Old man Jim Piper am fiddler and play for black and white dances. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z Sometimes we sent ten or twelve miles for a fiddler. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z The music of the piper, I think, would have made the beasts walk out of the fair on their hind legs, if the music of the fiddler didn’t charm them to be still. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z For these shortcomings the fiddler "put her a sing," i.e. put her into a sing. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z G�ethe as much as Aubery's dog, Schiller not less than a fiddler, who plays upon one string; the greatest poet and the most miserable clown! Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z Now the fiddlers tune their fiddles To the lovely taradiddles Of old Wagner, Mozart, Bizet, and the rest. The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews 2011-02-18T03:00:20.773Z And why have you taken so bitter a dislike to our gifted young neighbor down the hill, calling him contemptuously a fiddler? Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z You’d like the looks of the fiddler, but the piper was a black-avis’d fellow that kept a troop of tinkers about him. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z Even the man who is curable will fail in a psychological realization of the misfortune into which he has actually fallen through alcoholic indulgence unless he himself must pay the fiddler. Habits that Handicap The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy 2011-02-15T03:00:18.787Z Then the second fiddler and the accordion take a try at it, after which further calling is unnecessary owing to the fact that most of the dancers are very drunk. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z So it came to pass that she was still sitting there when the fiddler, Nils, the tailor, laid aside his violin and asked another man to play. Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z This play is based upon one of the legends of the fiddlers who used to go about from valley to valley, playing for the peasants at their festivities. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z Before I had time to think, the fiddler was up and talking. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z Captain Semmes records in his journal the fact that the Irish fiddler was one of the number, and calls this “one of our greatest losses.” Cruise and Captures of the Alabama 2011-01-30T03:00:18.733Z Might as well have fiddlers to imitate whatever the man’s name was who played frivolous tunes when some place or other was burning. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z But when it grew later the fiddler, Nils, the tailor, rose, and wished to dance. Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z In the evening the youths of the village went for a walk with the Zouaves, listening to the warriors' tales, and the fiddler of the village played madly the sole tune that he knew. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z When I came into the fair there was a fiddler playing behind a tinker’s cart. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z Every gambling house, even the most squalid resort on Long Wharf, had its music, which might be that of a single piano-player or fiddler, or an orchestra of five or six performers. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z "I'm a fiddler not a fighting man, captain." A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z In the first, two fiddlers were sitting; and the wedding tune sounded merrily through the clear air: a lad stood behind driving. Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z Like most negroes, the fellow had an ear for music, and had been indulged in his taste, until he played as well as half the country fiddlers that were to be met. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Who is the musician?" and the blind fiddler answered him: "I am Raftery the poet, Full of hope and love, With eyes that have no light, With gentleness that has no misery. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z I was grieved to find that our most serious loss among the deserters, was our Irish fiddler. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The boldness of the folk, with all those petrified pipers and fiddlers and merry maidens to point a moral! Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z While not as expert a fiddler as Yancey, Les knew a great many tunes, variations on those tunes, and when he could think of nothing else he improvised his own music. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z By way of climax, the landlady, who was good-looking and loved dancing, publicly announced that the fiddler and his horse should go scot-free, until he left the place. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Jess had put herself before Davey and his view of the door; but he had moved to call to the fiddler. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z The band was playing that which these bands do play, the fiddler on the little rostrum alternately conducting and using his bow, and—— And this time I really thought I had Julia pinned down. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Two of Byrd's fellow musicians -- fourth-generation fiddler Bobby Taylor and guitarist Andrew Dunlap, both of whom had played with the senator -- performed a haunting version of "Amazing Grace." Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia is laid to rest 2010-07-07T04:00:00Z Mourners clapped along with music that celebrated the region's heritage and Byrd's own talent as an accomplished fiddler. West Virginia, Political Elite Say Goodbye to Byrd 2010-07-02T22:45:00Z Scores of past and present lawmakers filed past the coffin to pay respects to Byrd, a Democrat and bluegrass fiddler who even in death remained a key figure in the legislative agenda. Senate gives rare honor to legend Robert Byrd 2010-07-01T22:50:00Z But although a new fiddler was in his element and most of the young people in the district jigging, Conal was not. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z His early campaigns were punctuated by his skills as a bluegrass fiddler that helped draw big and enthusiastic crowds for the self-described West Virginia "hillbilly." Senator Byrd dies at 92 2010-06-28T09:52:00Z Byrd was a noted fiddler in his day, and relatives recalled that he was dismayed when hand tremors halted his playing. Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia is laid to rest 2010-07-07T04:00:00Z We truly appreciate our multicultural nature, our fiddlers and our poets. In-Box: Letters to the Editor: An Apology, for What It?s Worth 2010-02-20T17:19:00Z A fiddler, looking suspiciously like batman in silhouette in the moon, ushers in a host of dancers of different types portraying the diverse roots of Canadians over the years. 2010-02-12T17:29:00Z Spurrier nodded and went on into the office, but later in the day he sought out the blind fiddler and engaged him in conversation. The Law of Hemlock Mountain If there had been no projects, Nor none that did great wrongs; If fiddlers shall turne players all, How should we doe for songs? Notes and Queries, Number 229, March 18, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Nor would we say that these qualities were viewed with total indifference, or without producing their effect, even although they did belong to a fiddler. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 A soldier without his gun, a fiddler without his fiddle, a tailor without his shears. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 Well, I can tell you, Some of your fine Decadia friends—that wretched fiddler, perhaps, that you disgraced yourself, your family, and me, by making a companion. A Little World Inside sounded the minors of the native fiddlers and the scrape of feet “running the sets” of quaint square dances. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Another corps had got a band of music, consisting of one fiddler, who marched along at the side of the captain, sawing his catgut with might and main. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 He was an enthusiastic fiddler; and as has been already shown, performed with singular skill on that most difficult, but most delightful, of all musical instruments. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 He was a curious person, a hunchbacked fiddler, who came from nobody knows where, and imposed upon the late Vicar to a frightful extent. The Wonderful Visit He is exceedingly unlike a prosperous manufacturer, and, but for the absence of a violin, would be mistaken for a village fiddler. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors When he first arrived, the talk ran along general lines, because “Blind Joe,” the fiddler, was at the house, and the real object of the visit was confidential. The Law of Hemlock Mountain I had on board a drummer and a cook who played the flute; they had a fiddler and triangle player on shore. Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... Obeying the invitation, Willie, conducted by the footman, entered a spacious apartment, where he was soon afterwards entertained with a sumptuous dinner, in which his friend the fiddler joined him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 But this also had the effect of encouraging brave Gregorio Brito, the Portuguese Governor, who sallied forth with his army, silenced the fiddlers and put the French to the rout. Glories of Spain She was looking far back upon a hewed log floor, bright faces about a great fireplace, and a fiddler in the corner, beneath a string of dried pumpkin, hanging from a rafter. A Yankee from the West A Novel Really, the fiddler fellow might have done the review himself. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life There was a gallery for the fiddlers, and the chairs and benches ranged round the walls were still covered with a festive-looking faded red stuff. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen He might have been a master of ceremonies; and where the beggarly-looking fiddler had picked up these accomplishments every one found it difficult to conjecture. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Instead of it three sleepy fiddlers, an elderly harp-player, and a jovial clarinet were playing on a platform in the middle of the garden. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Well, she wanted to keep company with a fiddler in a variety show, and Mrs. Goodwin objected, and that was not the end of it. A Yankee from the West A Novel In the early days there had been three fiddlers and a man to call off, but now there was an orchestra, a Hungarian band and a cotillon: "O tempora, O mores!" With Edge Tools There was immediately a dead silence; the dancing stopped, and the fiddlers ceased to play, so engaged did everyone become in gazing upon the wonderful beauty of the unknown lady. Tales of Passed Times Premising this, then, we proceed to quote the conversation that passed between the three ladies—that is, the Misses Murray and Miss Harrison; the latter taking her seat between them after dancing with the fiddler. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 By which sense we gather, That we must prove your fiddlers? A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 A fiddler with three performing dogs, that were bedecked with hats and ruffles, quite exceeded in dramatic interest the former exhibition. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands The fiddler, I am glad to say, is looking somewhat stouter. A Top-Floor Idyl Music by the fiddlers in the evening, who were not much disposed to put their lights out at taps. An Artilleryman's Diary "What's that?" said Jeanie, laughing and blushing at the same time, and more than half guessing, from the looks of the pawky fiddler, what was meant. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Parson, the sun is rising; go send in the fiddlers, and set the cook on work; let him chop soundly. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Like Nero, he’s a fiddler, charioteer, Or drives his phaeton, in female guise; Quite unsuspected, till, the wheel beneath, His disarray’d oblation he devours. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes When the iron bridge at Colebrooke Dale was building, a fiddler came along, and said to the workmen that he could fiddle their bridge down. The Telephone An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in Its Action Behind him in the branches sat the fiddler, and played a dance as if to allure the crowd to this place. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle What Jane Harrison thought of this piece of gallantry from a fiddler, we really do not know, and therefore will say nothing about it. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Give the fiddlers their ribands, and carry the rest in. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Ladies, fiddlers, and lights were all wearing out together, and we went away. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. "What are you so afraid of a fiddler for?" Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 The situation, while full of excitement for all, had its amusing aspect, and I thought of it as another illustration of the fact that "those who dance must pay the fiddler." The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion Ay, to be sure—dance wi' a fiddler or a piper either. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 You shall play no more the sharking foist with me, you fumbling fiddler, you. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Fauquier’s house, in which Jefferson, who was a skillful and enthusiastic fiddler, always took part. Thomas Jefferson There once was a fiddler whose name was McPhee, And he fiddled, he fiddled, did he. Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.” Leerie "A bargain be't," said the gallant fiddler; and, at the conclusion of the reel, he again resumed his place on the platform and his fiddle. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Let the fiddlers play, then, and bid God give them joy by the name of my Lady Careless and Mistress Wild. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Friends," he said, addressing his companions, "lend a hand here, to secure the fiddler. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 He fiddled so loud and he fiddled so long That the neighbors all thought there must be something wrong With this fearful old fellow, this fiddler McPhee, For he fiddled, he fiddled, did he. Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 The fiddlers played a hymn as their own final contribution. Leerie He was told "the fiddler" was there, and desired to walk in. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Why is a fiddler like a man in amaze? The Handbook of Conundrums The only reply of the fiddler was a sullen, dissentient growl; for he was as averse to speaking as to exposing his countenance. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 But the fiddler still fiddled, he fiddled, did he. Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 Then it was that she thought of the fiddlers three. Leerie These the fiddler steadily refused; but Jeanie would take no denial, and with her own hands crammed them into his capacious pockets, which, after the operation, stuck out like a well-filled pair of saddle-bags. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 The meats are set, the guests are coming, The fiddler waxing his stick.” Mopsa the Fairy He saw all that passed between Jones and the fiddler; but he could not make out what it meant; nor did he seem to concern himself about discovering it. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 This person, of whom the preceding dialogue treats, was a celebrated fiddler in "these parts," and his familiar name of Hoppy Houligan was acquired, as the reader may already have perceived, from his limping gait. International Short Stories English What you really ought to have—what I miss about you—is the pipe, and the bowl, and the fiddlers three.” Leerie "To dance wi' a fiddler!" simpered out the younger, who, by the way, was no chicken either, being but a trifle on the right side of thirty. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 "It cannot now be helped," replies the brave fiddler Volker; "let us ride to Etzel's court and await what is destined to us by the Huns." Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Again we are told, “to hear the nightingales and the birds, and here fiddlers, and there a harp, and here laughing, and there the people walking, is mighty p. 105diverting.” Here and There in London These two things are Taglioni's dancing and an Irish fiddler's hat. International Short Stories English “Indulging in a little bout of sentiment again with this young fiddler, Nada?” he inquired in sneering tones. The Intriguers The six French fiddlers played on; they knew not fatigue. Anne The element of music and song is not wanting; brave, cheerful Volker, the fiddler, an expert singer and musician as well as a great warrior, is of the party. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) But suddenly War, Pestilence, and Famine entered the circle, and Death, tearing the violin from the fiddler's hands, led the dance. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Harding calls them tinkers, tapsters, fiddlers and pipers, Jewel’s Works, iv. Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison Sir H. And all the fops and fiddlers in Europe——But the use of your swimming girdle, pray sir? The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee I won't be my father's Jack, I won't be my mother's Gill, I will be the fiddler's wife, And have music when I will. The Nursery Rhymes of England We tremble to think of the consequences of the "Blessing of the Poignards" on the cravats of the poor fiddlers. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Yet, with all its uncertainty, the fiddler's touch groped for the beauty and pathos of the chords: "Darling, I am growing old, Silver threads among the gold." Janice Day A country fiddler, living up in Connecticut, held the ticket which entitled the holder to the real estate aforesaid. The History and Records of the Elephant Club He had a fiddler, and a Mexican who thrummed a guitar. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 LD King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. The Nursery Rhymes of England When it was in chord he began playing a slow improvisation that calmed and rested him, but must have made Satan angry, judging from the sarcastic smile that settled on the fiddler's face. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 The actors became as children again themselves; so did the fiddlers; so did the conductor. The Pentecost of Calamity "They meow and cry like everything on the back fence," said the third fiddler. The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. So the fiddler kept on with his jigs, and the greasy Mexican pawed his discordant guitar, but no man had the nerve to touch the piano. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 Then, for his dances o' winter nights, no local fiddler would serve, scraping and patting his foot on the floor. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North The musicians remained in Barberry another night, and the school-house would not hold the crowd that came to hear the demon-driven fiddler, his blind second, and the human bagpipes. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 Do you see that village fiddler by the large beech yonder, towering high above the surrounding multitude? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 "No harm meant," said the three fiddlers, "no harm meant, my good Sir Cat." The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. Are not most of us in regard to our mastery of speech in the condition of the skater, the swimmer, the fiddler in the first stage of those expressive acts? Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation "So it was," returns Roger, "and, as usual, as drunk as a fiddler." Portia or By Passions Rocked The devil also appears as limping fiddler in a California legend, which appeared under the title “The Devil’s Fiddle” in a Californian magazine in 1855. Devil Stories An Anthology The fire was the fiddler; and wax was not softer or more responsive than the pliant breasts on which its music fell. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; And he called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. The music bewitches the maiden; Forth from her home doth she go; She follows the bony fiddler, Who sings as he scrapes his bow. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine As he wheeled about and snapped a profane order the fiddlers and strummers stumbled into their stammering music; the dance went on again, with ragged rhythm, like an automaton out of gear. Bring Me His Ears The fiddler and his woman were of the same opinion, declaring, they would do no such a wicked thing for the world, for if they were poor they were honest. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales There the hives stand, like four-and-twenty fiddlers all in a row. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) "No, you won't," cried a voice, and one of the three fiddlers poked his head out of a window and laughed loud and long. The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Jr. ‘There is no road without a turning,’ ‘Those who dance will have to pay the fiddler,’ ‘Everything that goes up comes down,’ But are proverbs really universal laws? The Six Fingers of Time |
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