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'''FARAWAY WEDDING [1]'''. English, Scottish; (Slip) Jig (9/8 time). England, Northumberland. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript. | '''FARAWAY WEDDING [1]'''. AKA - "Far Away Wedding (The)," "Far Awa' Wedding." English, Scottish; (Slip) Jig (9/8 time). England, Northumberland. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript. Music for "Far Away Wedding" was printed by Walsh, with dance figures, in '''The Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master''' (London, 1735, reprinted in 1749). The melody was employed in the production '''Sancho at Court, or the Mock Governor''', by Thomas Ayres, staged in London in 1742. | ||
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Revision as of 23:59, 22 April 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
FARAWAY WEDDING [1]. AKA - "Far Away Wedding (The)," "Far Awa' Wedding." English, Scottish; (Slip) Jig (9/8 time). England, Northumberland. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript. Music for "Far Away Wedding" was printed by Walsh, with dance figures, in The Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (London, 1735, reprinted in 1749). The melody was employed in the production Sancho at Court, or the Mock Governor, by Thomas Ayres, staged in London in 1742.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 492. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; p. 27.
Recorded sources: