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|f_annotation='''MISS RICHARDS’ HORNPIPE'''.  English, Hornpipe (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. From the early 19th century Hardy family manuscripts, Dorset. Barry Callaghan (2007) identifies Miss Richards as a “famous Sadlers Wells acrobat and dancer (who) performed in Dorchester in 1786.” She is recorded as having performed feats of "Ground and Lofty Tumbling" in a show called "Exhibitions of Sadlers Wells" presented by Andrews company at Coopers' Hall, Bristol, March, 1782. Elizabeth Rebecca Richards (1775–1854) married actor John Edwin in 1791 and continued a long and successful career as Mrs. Edwin (long surviving her husband, who died in Dublin in 1805). A sketch of her can be found in the '''Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 17''', by John Joseph Knight [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Edwin,_Elizabeth_Rebecca_(DNB00)].
|f_annotation='''MISS RICHARDS’ HORNPIPE'''.  English, Hornpipe (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. From the early 19th century Hardy family manuscripts, Dorset, whose most famous member was novelist [[wikipedia:Thomas_Hardy]] (1840-1928). Barry Callaghan (2007) identifies Miss Richards as a “famous Sadlers Wells acrobat and dancer (who) performed in Dorchester in 1786.” She is recorded as having performed feats of "Ground and Lofty Tumbling" in a show called "Exhibitions of Sadlers Wells" presented by Andrews company at Coopers' Hall, Bristol, March, 1782. Elizabeth Rebecca Richards (1775–1854) married actor John Edwin in 1791 and continued a long and successful career as Mrs. Edwin (long surviving her husband, who died in Dublin in 1805). A sketch of her can be found in the '''Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 17''', by John Joseph Knight [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Edwin,_Elizabeth_Rebecca_(DNB00)].
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The first strain of "Miss Richard's Hornpipe" is shared with the Irish polka "[[Thady Ragen]]," although the second strains differ.  
The first strain of "Miss Richard's Hornpipe" is shared with the Irish polka "[[Thady Ragen]]," although the second strains differ.  
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|f_printed_sources=Barber ('''English Choice'''), 2002; no. 77, p. 35.
|f_printed_sources=Barber ('''Nick Barber's English Choice'''), 2002; no. 77, p. 35.
Callaghan ('''Hardcore English'''), 2007; p. 21.  
Callaghan ('''Hardcore English'''), 2007; p. 21.  
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|f_recorded_sources=DMPCD 0204, Nick & Mary Barber with Huw Jones - "Lovely Nancy" (2002).
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Latest revision as of 20:20, 21 March 2022




Sheet Music for "Miss Richards"Miss RichardsHornpipetrad (England)= 75DBmGADBmGADDABmADADAGNotes: From Thomas Hardy mss



MISS RICHARDS’ HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. From the early 19th century Hardy family manuscripts, Dorset, whose most famous member was novelist wikipedia:Thomas_Hardy (1840-1928). Barry Callaghan (2007) identifies Miss Richards as a “famous Sadlers Wells acrobat and dancer (who) performed in Dorchester in 1786.” She is recorded as having performed feats of "Ground and Lofty Tumbling" in a show called "Exhibitions of Sadlers Wells" presented by Andrews company at Coopers' Hall, Bristol, March, 1782. Elizabeth Rebecca Richards (1775–1854) married actor John Edwin in 1791 and continued a long and successful career as Mrs. Edwin (long surviving her husband, who died in Dublin in 1805). A sketch of her can be found in the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 17, by John Joseph Knight [1].

The first strain of "Miss Richard's Hornpipe" is shared with the Irish polka "Thady Ragen," although the second strains differ.


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Barber (Nick Barber's English Choice), 2002; no. 77, p. 35. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 21.

Recorded sources : - DMPCD 0204, Nick & Mary Barber with Huw Jones - "Lovely Nancy" (2002).




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