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'''LENO HORNPIPE.''' Scottish, Hornpipe (cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is credited to John B. Easton, Edinburgh, by editor W.B. Laybourn in '''Köhlers’ Violin Repository, Book 3''' (1885). The title may refer to English entertainer George Grant, born George Wild Gavin in 1860, who took the stage name Dan Leno early on as a childhood member of "the little Leno's", a family act. Leno was a small man, only 5 ft., 3 in., tall, but became the most popular entertainer in Britain. In the 1880's however, he was best known for his clog-dancing, after winning his first competition in Wakefield (the prize for which was a purse of silver and a leg of mutton). He was encouraged by another comic singer to enter a clog-dancing competition in Leeds for the larger prize of a gold and silver belt, worth ₤50, a huge sum for the times, and the right to the title "Champion Clog-Dancer of the World." Leno entered the competition as a relative unknown, and bested two well-regarded local dancers to take top honors. A biographer, John J. Wood, described one of his performances in the early 1880's: | '''LENO HORNPIPE.''' Scottish, Hornpipe (cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is credited to John B. Easton, Edinburgh, by editor W.B. Laybourn in '''Köhlers’ Violin Repository, Book 3''' (1885). The title may refer to English entertainer George Grant, born George Wild Gavin in 1860, who took the stage name Dan Leno early on as a childhood member of "the little Leno's", a family act. Leno was a small man, only 5 ft., 3 in., tall, but became the most popular entertainer in Britain. In the 1880's however, he was best known for his clog-dancing, after winning his first competition in Wakefield (the prize for which was a purse of silver and a leg of mutton). He was encouraged by another comic singer to enter a clog-dancing competition in Leeds for the larger prize of a gold and silver belt, worth ₤50, a huge sum for the times, and the right to the title "Champion Clog-Dancer of the World." Leno entered the competition as a relative unknown, and bested two well-regarded local dancers to take top honors. A biographer, John J. Wood, described one of his performances in the early 1880's: | ||
[[File:leno.JPG|300px|thumb|left|Dan Leno (1860-1904)]] | |||
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''He danced on the stage, he danced on the pedestal; he danced on a slab of slate; he was'' | ''He danced on the stage, he danced on the pedestal; he danced on a slab of slate; he was'' | ||
''encored over and over again; but throughout his performance, he never uttered a word.'' | ''encored over and over again; but throughout his performance, he never uttered a word.'' | ||
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Leno went on to have an extremely successful career as a music hall entertainer, even performing for Queen Victoria. c.f. his autobiography, '''Dan Leno, Hys Book''' [https://books.google.com/books?id=HGoqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=%22dan+leno%22+edinburgh&source=bl&ots=5Ms-M_LtV7&sig=IHXunRYqp4A4Nw_QSX65FnTHVTY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kH64VNXrGISdgwT5yIDgDg&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22dan%20leno%22%20edinburgh&f=false] (1899). | Leno went on to have an extremely successful career as a music hall entertainer, even performing for Queen Victoria. c.f. his autobiography, '''Dan Leno, Hys Book''' [https://books.google.com/books?id=HGoqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=%22dan+leno%22+edinburgh&source=bl&ots=5Ms-M_LtV7&sig=IHXunRYqp4A4Nw_QSX65FnTHVTY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kH64VNXrGISdgwT5yIDgDg&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22dan%20leno%22%20edinburgh&f=false] (1899). In 1897, George E. Belmont of Sadler's Wells Theatre and a former clog dancer himself wrote: | ||
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''...during the whole of my professional and private career I have seen all sorts and conditions of clog-dance champions: English, Irish, Scotch and American,'' | |||
''such as Charles Queen, Billy Welch, W.H. Allen, John Williams &c., but I conscientiously declare that as infinitely the best of the whole bunch of clog-dancers--'' | |||
''old-timers and up-to-daters--and for originality of steps, coupled with extraordinary heel-and-toe execution, I place Dan Leno first, with Tom Leamore a second.'' ["Clog-Dance Reminiscences", '''The Era''', Oct. 23, 1897]. | |||
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''Printed sources'': Laybourn ('''Köhlers’ Violin Repository, Book 3'''), 1885; p. 220. | ''Printed sources'': Laybourn ('''Köhlers’ Violin Repository, Book 3'''), 1885; p. 220. | ||
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LENO HORNPIPE. Scottish, Hornpipe (cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is credited to John B. Easton, Edinburgh, by editor W.B. Laybourn in Köhlers’ Violin Repository, Book 3 (1885). The title may refer to English entertainer George Grant, born George Wild Gavin in 1860, who took the stage name Dan Leno early on as a childhood member of "the little Leno's", a family act. Leno was a small man, only 5 ft., 3 in., tall, but became the most popular entertainer in Britain. In the 1880's however, he was best known for his clog-dancing, after winning his first competition in Wakefield (the prize for which was a purse of silver and a leg of mutton). He was encouraged by another comic singer to enter a clog-dancing competition in Leeds for the larger prize of a gold and silver belt, worth ₤50, a huge sum for the times, and the right to the title "Champion Clog-Dancer of the World." Leno entered the competition as a relative unknown, and bested two well-regarded local dancers to take top honors. A biographer, John J. Wood, described one of his performances in the early 1880's:
He danced on the stage, he danced on the pedestal; he danced on a slab of slate; he was encored over and over again; but throughout his performance, he never uttered a word.
Leno went on to have an extremely successful career as a music hall entertainer, even performing for Queen Victoria. c.f. his autobiography, Dan Leno, Hys Book [1] (1899). In 1897, George E. Belmont of Sadler's Wells Theatre and a former clog dancer himself wrote:
...during the whole of my professional and private career I have seen all sorts and conditions of clog-dance champions: English, Irish, Scotch and American, such as Charles Queen, Billy Welch, W.H. Allen, John Williams &c., but I conscientiously declare that as infinitely the best of the whole bunch of clog-dancers-- old-timers and up-to-daters--and for originality of steps, coupled with extraordinary heel-and-toe execution, I place Dan Leno first, with Tom Leamore a second. ["Clog-Dance Reminiscences", The Era, Oct. 23, 1897].
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Laybourn (Köhlers’ Violin Repository, Book 3), 1885; p. 220.
Recorded sources: