Annotation:Hobb's Wedding: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
'''The Country Wake'''(1696) was a comedy by actor and playwright John Dogget, <span>staged at London's Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre and later revived by Cibber in 1711. Dogget bequeathed an anuual coat and badge to the watermen of the Thames.</span><span></span><span>Irish-born John Leigh wrote a farce that was the sequel to Doggett's work, called </span>'''Hobb's Wedding '''(1721), alsostaged at Lincoln-Inn-Fields Theatre. It was not a success. | |||
|f_printed_sources=<span>Elias Howe ('''Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7'''), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 614.</span><span></span> | |f_printed_sources=<span>Elias Howe ('''Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7'''), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 614.</span><span></span> | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 22:18, 1 July 2020
X:1 T:Hobb's Wedding. A Kissing Dance in the Country Wake M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 614) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C G2|c2g e>dc|a>ge e>ag|^f>ed g>af|(g3 g2):| d|B2c BdG|g2e c2e|f>ga (ge)c|(d3 d2)g| a2g a2g|a2g a2g|e>dc dB2|(c3 c2)||
HOBB'S WEDDING: A KISSING DANCE IN THE COUNTRY WAKE. English, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/4 or 6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody with directions first appears in Henry Playford's Dancing Master, Part II, in the supplement to the 9th edition (1696, No. 16). It was retained in the long-running Dancing Master series through the 18th and final edition of 1728, published at the time by John Young, heir to the Playford publishing concerns. "Hobb's Wedding" was also printed by rival London music publisher John Walsh in his Compleat Country Dancing Master, editions of 1718 and 1731.
The Country Wake(1696) was a comedy by actor and playwright John Dogget, staged at London's Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre and later revived by Cibber in 1711. Dogget bequeathed an anuual coat and badge to the watermen of the Thames.Irish-born John Leigh wrote a farce that was the sequel to Doggett's work, called Hobb's Wedding (1721), alsostaged at Lincoln-Inn-Fields Theatre. It was not a success.
