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'''NOWILL HILLS.''' AKA and see "[[Friday Night]]," "[[Love Neglected]]," "[[Of a Noble Race was Shenkin]]," "[[Peggy in Devotion]]." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The country dance directions ("Longways for as many as will") and tune were first printed by London publsher Henry Playford in the 12th edition of his '''Dancing Master''' [http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/Dance/Play4359.htm] [http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89755301] (1703). It was retained in the long-running '''Dancing Master''' series in each edition through the 18th and final edition of 1728 (then published by Henry's successor, John Young). It also appears in Walsh & Hare's ''' The Compleat Country Dancing Master''' (1718, p. 350). Beginning with the 14th edition of the '''Dancing Master''' (1709), "Love Neglected" was added as an alternate title. "Of a Noble Race was Shenkin" is the name of a song set to the tune of "Nowill Hills" in John Gay's '''Beggar's Opera''' (1729). | '''NOWILL HILLS.''' AKA and see "[[Friday Night]]," "[[Love Neglected]]," "[[Of a Noble Race was Shenkin]]," "[[Peggy in Devotion]]." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The country dance directions ("Longways for as many as will") and tune were first printed by London publsher Henry Playford in the 12th edition of his '''Dancing Master''' [http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/Dance/Play4359.htm] [http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89755301] (1703). It was retained in the long-running '''Dancing Master''' series in each edition through the 18th and final edition of 1728 (then published by Henry's successor, John Young). It also appears in Walsh & Hare's ''' The Compleat Country Dancing Master''' (1718, p. 350). Beginning with the 14th edition of the '''Dancing Master''' (1709), "Love Neglected" was added as an alternate title. "Of a Noble Race was Shenkin" is the name of a song set to the tune of "Nowill Hills" in John Gay's '''Beggar's Opera''' (1729), while "Peggy in Devotion" is the name of a song set to a variant of the air in Johnson's '''Scots Musical Museum'''. | ||
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NOWILL HILLS. AKA and see "Friday Night," "Love Neglected," "Of a Noble Race was Shenkin," "Peggy in Devotion." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The country dance directions ("Longways for as many as will") and tune were first printed by London publsher Henry Playford in the 12th edition of his Dancing Master [1] [2] (1703). It was retained in the long-running Dancing Master series in each edition through the 18th and final edition of 1728 (then published by Henry's successor, John Young). It also appears in Walsh & Hare's The Compleat Country Dancing Master (1718, p. 350). Beginning with the 14th edition of the Dancing Master (1709), "Love Neglected" was added as an alternate title. "Of a Noble Race was Shenkin" is the name of a song set to the tune of "Nowill Hills" in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729), while "Peggy in Devotion" is the name of a song set to a variant of the air in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 78.
Recorded sources: