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'''VOULEZ VOUS DANSER{, MADEMOISELLE?}''' (Do You Want to Dance?) AKA and see "[[Soldier's Glory (The)]]," "[[Life of a Soldier (The)]]," "[[Nine | |f_annotation='''VOULEZ VOUS DANSER{, MADEMOISELLE?}''' (Do You Want to Dance?) AKA and see "[[Soldier's Glory (The)]]," "[[Life of a Soldier (The)]]," "[[Nine Pins (2)]]/[[Ninepins (2)]]," "[[Old Amzi Eccles Tune]]." English, Jig (6/8 time). A Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & E Major ('B' part) {Raven}: C Major (Wilson): D Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & A Major ('B' part) {Trim}. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Kerr): AABBCC (Trim). Probably an old ballroom dance, though later the tune had currency as a march. Researcher Paul Cooper finds it was tremendously poplSet in duple time it was transformed into the Québec reel “[[Bastringue (La)]].” It appears in several older fiddlers’ manuscripts in England, including the James Hook/Thomas Hardy manuscript from Dorset (as “Vowlaz vowz dancer madamazelle”). In southern England a variant of the tune appears as “[[Nine Pins (2)]]” or perhaps more recognizably the song “[[Oats Peas Beans and Barley Grow]].” | ||
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|f_printed_sources= Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 1'''), c. 1880; No. 2, p. 27. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 115. Trim ('''The Musical Heritage of Thomas Hardy'''), 1990; No. 64. Wilson ('''Companion to the Ballroom'''), 1816; p. 91. | |||
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|f_see_also_listing=See Paul Cooper's article regarding the tune's use for country dancing ("Paper 36: Programme for a Second Royal Ball, 1813") at regencydances.org [https://www.regencydances.org/paper036.php#tank]<br> | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:27, 16 April 2024
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VOULEZ VOUS DANSER{, MADEMOISELLE?} (Do You Want to Dance?) AKA and see "Soldier's Glory (The)," "Life of a Soldier (The)," "Nine Pins (2)/Ninepins (2)," "Old Amzi Eccles Tune." English, Jig (6/8 time). A Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & E Major ('B' part) {Raven}: C Major (Wilson): D Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & A Major ('B' part) {Trim}. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Kerr): AABBCC (Trim). Probably an old ballroom dance, though later the tune had currency as a march. Researcher Paul Cooper finds it was tremendously poplSet in duple time it was transformed into the Québec reel “Bastringue (La).” It appears in several older fiddlers’ manuscripts in England, including the James Hook/Thomas Hardy manuscript from Dorset (as “Vowlaz vowz dancer madamazelle”). In southern England a variant of the tune appears as “Nine Pins (2)” or perhaps more recognizably the song “Oats Peas Beans and Barley Grow.”
