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|f_annotation='''VOULEZ VOUS DANSER{, MADEMOISELLE?}''' (Do You Want to Dance?) AKA and see "[[Soldier's Glory (The)]]," "[[Life of a Soldier (The)]]," "[[Nine Pins (2)]]/[[Ninepins (2)]]," "[[Old Amzi Eccles Tune]]." English, Jig (6/8 time). A Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & E Major ('B' part) {Raven}: C Major (Wilson): D Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & A Major ('B' part) {Trim}. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Kerr): AABBCC (Trim). Probably an old ballroom dance, though later the tune had currency as a march. Set in duple time it was transformed into the Québec reel “[[Bastringue (La)]].” It appears in several older fiddlers’ manuscripts in England, including the James Hook/Thomas Hardy manuscript from Dorset (as “Vowlaz vowz dancer madamazelle”). In southern England a variant of the tune appears as “[[Nine Pins (2)]]” or perhaps more recognizably the song “[[Oats Peas Beans and Barley Grow]].” | |||
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|f_printed_sources= Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 1'''), c. 1880; No. 2, p. 27. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 115. Trim ('''The Musical Heritage of Thomas Hardy'''), 1990; No. 64. Wilson ('''Companion to the Ballroom'''), 1816; p. 91. | |||
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|f_see_also_listing=See Paul Cooper's article regarding the tune's use as a country dance ("Paper 36: Programme for a Second Royal Ball, 1813") at regencydances.org [https://www.regencydances.org/paper036.php#tank]<br> | |||
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'''VOULEZ VOUS DANSER{, MADEMOISELLE?}''' (Do You Want to Dance?) AKA and see "[[Soldier's Glory (The)]]," "[[Life of a Soldier (The)]]," "[[Nine Pins (2)]]/[[Ninepins (2)]]," "[[Old Amzi Eccles Tune]]." English, Jig (6/8 time). A Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & E Major ('B' part) {Raven}: C Major (Wilson): D Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & A Major ('B' part) {Trim}. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Kerr): AABBCC (Trim). Probably an old ballroom dance, though later the tune had currency as a march. Set in duple time it was transformed into the | |||
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VOULEZ VOUS DANSER{, MADEMOISELLE?} (Do You Want to Dance?) AKA and see "Soldier's Glory (The)," "Life of a Soldier (The)," "Nine Pins (2)/Ninepins (2)," "Old Amzi Eccles Tune." English, Jig (6/8 time). A Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & E Major ('B' part) {Raven}: C Major (Wilson): D Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & A Major ('B' part) {Trim}. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Kerr): AABBCC (Trim). Probably an old ballroom dance, though later the tune had currency as a march. Set in duple time it was transformed into the Québec reel “Bastringue (La).” It appears in several older fiddlers’ manuscripts in England, including the James Hook/Thomas Hardy manuscript from Dorset (as “Vowlaz vowz dancer madamazelle”). In southern England a variant of the tune appears as “Nine Pins (2)” or perhaps more recognizably the song “Oats Peas Beans and Barley Grow.”
