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 | | In the Hudson's Bay records for Moose Factory, 1749, it is noted, 'having three Fidlers [sic] in the Factory, viz. |
 | | The advent of recording and radio in the early 20th century had a dramatic effect on the older fiddling traditions, both in the formalization of interpretations and the dissemination and homogenization of styles. |
 | | As in the case of the early recordings of French-Canadian fiddlers, early 78s by Cape Breton players were influential in establishing certain tunes as a basic part of the Scots-Canadian repertoire - eg, McNabb's Hornpipe, as recorded by Fitzgerald, and Glengarry's Dirk, as recorded by Chisholm. |
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