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'''AMARILLIS.''' AKA - "Amaryllis." English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody and dance instructions first appear in John Playford's (1623-1686) '''Dancing Master''', 2nd Supplement to the 3rd edition (1665). Chappell set the tune in E flat major although most modern versions are in 'G'. The tune appears in many works, including Porter's play '''The Villain''' (1663), '''Merry Drollery Complete''' (1670), '''The New Academy of Compliments'''; and Playford's '''Dancing Master''' (1665), '''Musick's Delight on the Cithern''' (1666), and '''Apollo's Banquet''' (1670). A popular tune, it was used following the convention of the period as the vehicle for numerous 18th century ballads, according to Chappell (1859), including "The Coy Shepherdess; or Phillis and Amintas" ('''Roxburghe Collection''') {from which title the ballad was sometime known as "Phillis (or Amintas) on the new-made hay"}; "'Love in the blossom' or 'Fancy in the bud'" (Roxburghe); "Fancy's Freedom' or 'True Lovers' bliss'" (Roxburghe); "'The True Lovers' Happiness' or 'Nothing venture, nothing have, &c'" (Douce Collection/Roxburghe): "The Cotsall (Cotswold) Shepherds" (Folly in Print, or a Book of Rhymes" {1667}); "'The Virgin's Constancy' or 'The True Lovers' Happiness'" and "'The True Lovers' Happiness' or 'Nothing venture, nothing have'" ('''Pepys Collection'''). | |||
Printed sources: Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1986. Chappell ('''Popular Music of the Olden Time''') | <br> | ||
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''Printed sources'': Barlow ('''Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master'''), 1985; No. 165, p. 47. Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1986. Chappell ('''Popular Music of the Olden Time, vol. 2'''), 1859; pp. 12-13. Sharp ('''Country Dance Tunes'''), 1909; p. 25. Watson ('''A Rollick of Recorders Or Other Instruments'''), 1975; No. 8, p. 9. | |||
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AMARILLIS. AKA - "Amaryllis." English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody and dance instructions first appear in John Playford's (1623-1686) Dancing Master, 2nd Supplement to the 3rd edition (1665). Chappell set the tune in E flat major although most modern versions are in 'G'. The tune appears in many works, including Porter's play The Villain (1663), Merry Drollery Complete (1670), The New Academy of Compliments; and Playford's Dancing Master (1665), Musick's Delight on the Cithern (1666), and Apollo's Banquet (1670). A popular tune, it was used following the convention of the period as the vehicle for numerous 18th century ballads, according to Chappell (1859), including "The Coy Shepherdess; or Phillis and Amintas" (Roxburghe Collection) {from which title the ballad was sometime known as "Phillis (or Amintas) on the new-made hay"}; "'Love in the blossom' or 'Fancy in the bud'" (Roxburghe); "Fancy's Freedom' or 'True Lovers' bliss'" (Roxburghe); "'The True Lovers' Happiness' or 'Nothing venture, nothing have, &c'" (Douce Collection/Roxburghe): "The Cotsall (Cotswold) Shepherds" (Folly in Print, or a Book of Rhymes" {1667}); "'The Virgin's Constancy' or 'The True Lovers' Happiness'" and "'The True Lovers' Happiness' or 'Nothing venture, nothing have'" (Pepys Collection).
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Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 165, p. 47. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time, vol. 2), 1859; pp. 12-13. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 25. Watson (A Rollick of Recorders Or Other Instruments), 1975; No. 8, p. 9.
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