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|f_tune_annotation_title= https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Belle_Jeannette_(La) > | |f_tune_annotation_title= https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Belle_Jeannette_(La) > | ||
|f_annotation='''BELLE JEANNETTE, LA'''. English, Country Dance (2/4). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA. The original appears to have been printed in '''The Entire New and Compleat Tutor for the Violin by Geminiani''', referring to | |f_annotation='''BELLE JEANNETTE, LA'''. English, Country Dance (2/4). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA. The original appears to have been printed in '''The Entire New and Compleat Tutor for the Violin by Geminiani''', referring to [[wikipedia:Francesco_Geminiani]] (1687-1762), an Italian virtuoso violinist who lived in London at several times during his career and who also taught in Dublin. Geminiani was a contemporary of Corelli and Handel, and, in his hey-day was considered almost an equal, although he is little remembered today. His violin tutor was published before his death, and republished several times throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries. "La Bele Geannette" appears in a few musicians manuscripts of the early 19th century, including those of the Hardy Family (Dorset), R. Hughes (Whitechurch, Shropshire, 1823), J. Jones (north Shropshire, 1801), John Clare "La Bel Jean" JC28 (Helpston, Northamptonshire); William Winter (Somerset, 1850) and John Roose (Manchester, England, c. 1850). Although originally a French country dance, the tune can be employed as a polka. | ||
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|f_printed_sources=Thompson ('''Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5'''), p. 5. Trim et al. ('''The Musical Legacy of Thomas Hardy'''), 1990; No. 96. | |f_printed_sources=Thompson ('''Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5'''), p. 5. Trim et al. ('''The Musical Legacy of Thomas Hardy'''), 1990; No. 96. Geoff Woolfe ('''William Winter’s Quantocks Tune Book'''), 2007; No. 263, p. 98 (ms. originally dated 1850). | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Topic Records TSCD550, Brass Monkey - "Flame of Fire" (2004). | |f_recorded_sources=Topic Records TSCD550, Brass Monkey - "Flame of Fire" (2004). | ||
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Revision as of 23:45, 24 June 2023
X:1 T:Belle Jeannette, La M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson -- Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, p. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G>A |BB cc| A2 d/e/d/c/|c/B/A/G/ G/F/G/A/|BAG>A| BBcc|A2 d/e/d/c/|c/B/A/G/ B/A/G/F/|G2:| |:G/A/B/c/|.d.B.c.d|BG G/A/B/c/|.d.B.c.d|[G,2B,2B2g2] G/A/B/c/| dBcd|BG G/A/B/c/|dBcd|[G,2B,2B2g2]:|
BELLE JEANNETTE, LA. English, Country Dance (2/4). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA. The original appears to have been printed in The Entire New and Compleat Tutor for the Violin by Geminiani, referring to wikipedia:Francesco_Geminiani (1687-1762), an Italian virtuoso violinist who lived in London at several times during his career and who also taught in Dublin. Geminiani was a contemporary of Corelli and Handel, and, in his hey-day was considered almost an equal, although he is little remembered today. His violin tutor was published before his death, and republished several times throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries. "La Bele Geannette" appears in a few musicians manuscripts of the early 19th century, including those of the Hardy Family (Dorset), R. Hughes (Whitechurch, Shropshire, 1823), J. Jones (north Shropshire, 1801), John Clare "La Bel Jean" JC28 (Helpston, Northamptonshire); William Winter (Somerset, 1850) and John Roose (Manchester, England, c. 1850). Although originally a French country dance, the tune can be employed as a polka.
