Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on June 11th 2003 by grymater.
This tune has been added to 46 tunebooks.
Also known as Angel Island, Gladstane, Gladstone's, The Gladstone, Gladstone’s, W. E. Gladstone (Edinburgh).
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Gladstone
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
|: cAdB efga | A/A/AcA BGEd | cAdB efga | ecdB A2A2 :|
| afba geag | fdgf ecfe | dBed cAdc | BAGA Bcde |
afba geag | fdgf ecfe | dBed ceaf | ecdB A2z2 |
Tune by Scott Skinner.
A scottish tune , composed by James Scott Skinner. To be found on one of the early Altan albums (Horse with a Heart or Island Angel).
# Posted on June 11th 2003 by Henk Bos
also to be found on the chieftains album water from the well track eight i think.
# Posted on June 12th 2003 by timo
Island Angel
Island Angel by Altan it is.
# Posted on June 12th 2003 by Henk Bos
I added "the" gladstone as alternate tilte, and now "Island Angel"
is mentioned in the tune details.
# Posted on June 12th 2003 by gian marco
The Gladstone
Nice tune. Here's a slightly different setting (notably in the B part) from the playing of fiddler Michelle O'Brien on the cd, "Michelle O'Brien, Aogan Lynch, & Gavin Ralston."
X: 1
T: Gladstone, The
C: J. Scott Skinner
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
D: Michelle O’Brien, Aogan Lynch, & Gavin Ralston
K: A
| cAdA efga | A/A/A cA BG E/E/E | EAcd efga | ecdB Afed |
| ~c3d efga | A/A/A cA B~E3 | EAcd efga | ecdB Aefg ||
| afba geag | fdaf eAce | d~B3 ceAc | ~B3c defg |
| aA A/A/A eAce | aAge fece | d/d/d fd ceaf | ecdB Afed ||
# Posted on March 14th 2005 by Will CPT
P.S.
BTW, on the above recorded version, Aogan's on an Eb concertina, so Michelle's tuned up a half step.
# Posted on March 14th 2005 by Will CPT
The "Gladstone" in Question
It should be noted (although it's probably not relevant) that the W.E. Gladstone in question is not in fact the English Prime Minster (although the dates are close enough), but an Edinburgh man with a fondness for Scottish music.
# Posted on May 24th 2007 by Andy V
Not WE but AA
The Hunter Collection gives this tune the title A.A. Gladstone (Edinburgh), not W.E.
Shame really, the idea of the PM's admiring colleagues having a whip-round to buy him a fiddle on his retirement was quite appealing.
# Posted on July 2nd 2007 by tonyy
Gladstone's (Matt Cunningham version)
Following on from my remarks in http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/16364/comments#comment339370
here is Matt Cunningham's version (from Vol 10 of his Dance Music of Ireland series),
X: 1
T: Gladstone, The
C: J. Scott Skinner
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
D: Matt Cunningham, Dance Music of Ireland Vol 10
K: A
ed | c3d efga | A2cA BGE2 | c3d efga | edcB Aced |
cBcd efga | A2cA BGE2 | cBcd efga | edcB A2 :|
|: ce | a2c'a g2bg | f2af edce | d2fd c2ec | BABc defg |
1 a2c'a g2bg | f2af edce | defd c2ec | BAGB | A2 :|
2 aA (3AAA cAce | a2ga fece | defd c2ec | BABc A2 ||
Is the tune first posted here Scott Skinner's original? If not, how does the Matt Cunningham version relate to the original?
# Posted on January 13th 2008 by lazyhound
"Gladstane" \ "Gladstone" ~ C: James Scott Skinner ~ an original manuscript
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/introduction.shtml
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0243&Creator=1&Creator_Manuscript=1
As you'll see if you follow the link, it was originally transcribed as 2/4, but that isnt' unusual, as many tunes suffered that density.
X: 1
T: Gladstone
C: James Scott Skinner
M: 4/4 (from 2/4)
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: A Major
d |\
cAdB efga | A/A/A cA BGEd | cAdB efga | gfe^d e2 e=d |
cAdB efga | A/A/A cA BGEd | cAdB efga | ecdB A2 A ||
g |\
afba geag | fdgf ecfe | dBed cAdc | BAGA Befg |
afba geag | fdgf ecfe | dBed ceaf | ecdB A2 A ||
d |\
cAdB efga | A/A/A cA BGEd | cAdB efga | gfe^d e2 e=d |
cAdB efga | A/A/A cA BGEd | cAdB efga | ecdB A2 A ||
g |\
a/a/a fa g/g/g eg | f/f/f df e/e/e ce | d/d/d Bd c/c/c Ac | BAGA Befg |
afba gbeg | fdaf eace | dBed ceAa | ecdB A2 A |]
ID: JSS0243
Title: Gladstane [Gladstone]
Document Reference: x/257/1p
Format: 276 x 176 mm
Medium: Handwritten music on lined sheet
Item Type: Manuscript
Subject: Scottish Music, Reel
Item Description: This lively reel shows many of the devices Skinner used in his reels which makes it recognizably his composition. He often tends to repeat the pattern of the first two bars over the next six. The second eight bars often have a descending pattern which is usually repeated. You can listen to Skinner playing it by clicking on the audio link below (cd117d).
Creator: James Scott Skinner
Creator Manuscript: James Scott Skinner
Time Period: 1900s
I hope that helps...
# Posted on January 13th 2008 by ceolachan
~ the audio link below (cd117d).
Audio: Note this link will open another window so you can view the music and listen to the tune cd117d ~
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/music.cd117d.m3u
# Posted on January 13th 2008 by ceolachan
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/music/cd117d.m3u
Apologies, that 'dot' between 'music.cd117d' should have been a forward slash ~ / ...
# Posted on January 13th 2008 by ceolachan
Gladstone's/Gladstane's (Scott Skinner's original)
"C", Many thanks indeed for those Scott Skinner links. The original manuscript establishes that there was no high C#, so Matt Cunningham evidently did his own take on the tune for added brilliance - fair enough, he plays it on the box and his version isn't difficult on the fiddle anyway.
What is interesting in the Scott Skinner original are the occasional D# leading up to the E, and the fast bowed ornaments (not necessaily all triples), especially in the second run-through of the B-part. Listening to Scott Skinner playing that reel (on his Stradivarius?) gives the effective lie to those who say that gut strings (which is what Skinner would have used) are "slow". They're nothing of the sort - you just need more awareness in the bowing technique.
# Posted on January 13th 2008 by lazyhound
Yes, fair comment. I am very fond of gut, but there are some close synthetics, and without the moisture hell that gut presents...
# Posted on January 13th 2008 by ceolachan