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|f_annotation='''SUN ASSEMBLY.''' English; Air, March or Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major (Barnes, Johnson, Thompson): G Major. Standard tuning (fiddler). AB: AABB (Barber). The tune was published in London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s '''Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances''' (vol. 1, 1757), and John Johnson’s '''Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances''' (vol. 6, 1751). Nick Barber notes the tune "bears a striking resemblance to Handel's | |f_annotation='''SUN ASSEMBLY.''' English; Air, March or Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major (Barnes, Johnson, Thompson): G Major (Offord). Standard tuning (fiddler). AB (Johnson): AAB (Offord): AABB (Barber). The tune was published in London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s '''Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances''' (vol. 1, 1757), and John Johnson’s '''Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances''' (vol. 6, 1751). Nick Barber notes the tune "bears a striking resemblance to Handel's 'Harmonious Blacksmith' theme for harpsichord." John Offord (1985) also identifies "Sun Assembly" as an extract from [[wikipedia:George_Fredric_Handel]]'s '''Harmonious Blacksmith''' variations for the harpsichord. He points out, "'Harmonious Blacksmith' was a derisive title because the music was played by ordinary people." Offord also suggests the 'Sun Assembly' was a music/dance club that met at the Sun, an inn in Vicarage Road at Sunbury-on-Thames near London. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Barber ('''Nick Barber's English Choice'''), 2002; No. 11, p. 9. Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1986. Thompson ('''Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1'''), 1757; No. 8). | |f_printed_sources=Barber ('''Nick Barber's English Choice'''), 2002; No. 11, p. 9. Barnes ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1986. Offord ('''John of the Green: Ye Cheshire Way'''), 1985; p. 91. Thompson ('''Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1'''), 1757; No. 8). | ||
|f_recorded_sources= DMPCD0203, Nick & Mary Barber with Huw Jones - "Bonnie Kate." Ken Sheffield – “Two Barns, vol. 1” (1982). Kyloe Records Kyloe 105, "The Quiet Hills: An anthology of music and song from Northumbria" (2004. Various artists). | |f_recorded_sources= DMPCD0203, Nick & Mary Barber with Huw Jones - "Bonnie Kate." Ken Sheffield – “Two Barns, vol. 1” (1982). Kyloe Records Kyloe 105, "The Quiet Hills: An anthology of music and song from Northumbria" (2004. Various artists). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Hear/see the tune played by Anahata and Mary Humphries at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVDdeDCzjhY] | |f_see_also_listing=Hear/see the tune played by Anahata and Mary Humphries at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVDdeDCzjhY] | ||
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SUN ASSEMBLY. English; Air, March or Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major (Barnes, Johnson, Thompson): G Major (Offord). Standard tuning (fiddler). AB (Johnson): AAB (Offord): AABB (Barber). The tune was published in London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances (vol. 1, 1757), and John Johnson’s Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances (vol. 6, 1751). Nick Barber notes the tune "bears a striking resemblance to Handel's 'Harmonious Blacksmith' theme for harpsichord." John Offord (1985) also identifies "Sun Assembly" as an extract from wikipedia:George_Fredric_Handel's Harmonious Blacksmith variations for the harpsichord. He points out, "'Harmonious Blacksmith' was a derisive title because the music was played by ordinary people." Offord also suggests the 'Sun Assembly' was a music/dance club that met at the Sun, an inn in Vicarage Road at Sunbury-on-Thames near London.
