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|f_annotation='''ROPE DANCE [2], THE.''' AKA and see "[[Quick Step 32nd Regiment]]," "[[Slack Rope Dance]]," "[[Sturgess's Hornpipe]]." English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. No relation to “[[Rope Dance (1)]]." The melody is contained in the Joseph Kershaw manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddler who lived in Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, in the 19th century, and his manuscript dates from around 1820 onwards. The tune under a similar title, "[[Slack Rope Dance]]," can be found in the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of [[biography:John Roose]] (Manchester, England). Kershaw's tune is a close variant of "[[Quick Step 32nd Regiment]]," printed in Glasgow musician James Aird's '''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1''' (1782). | |f_annotation='''ROPE DANCE [2], THE.''' AKA and see "[[Quick Step 32nd Regiment]]," "[[Slack Rope Dance]]," "[[Sturgess's Hornpipe]]." English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. No relation to “[[Rope Dance (1)]]." The melody is contained in the Joseph Kershaw manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddler who lived in Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, in the 19th century, and his manuscript dates from around 1820 onwards. The tune under a similar title, "[[Slack Rope Dance]]," can be found in the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of [[biography:John Roose]] (Manchester, England). Kershaw's tune is a close variant of "[[Quick Step 32nd Regiment]]," printed in Glasgow musician James Aird's '''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1''' (1782). | ||
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The variants can be traced to "[[Sturgess's Hornpipe]]," which, despite the title is a 6/8 time jig. It was printed by the Thompson's music publishing concern, London, in their '''Compleat Collection of 120 Favourite Hornpipes'''. | |||
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|f_printed_sources= Knowles ('''The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript'''), 1993; No. 21. | |f_printed_sources= Knowles ('''The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript'''), 1993; No. 21. | ||
Latest revision as of 04:12, 11 February 2023
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ROPE DANCE [2], THE. AKA and see "Quick Step 32nd Regiment," "Slack Rope Dance," "Sturgess's Hornpipe." English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. No relation to “Rope Dance (1)." The melody is contained in the Joseph Kershaw manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddler who lived in Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, in the 19th century, and his manuscript dates from around 1820 onwards. The tune under a similar title, "Slack Rope Dance," can be found in the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of biography:John Roose (Manchester, England). Kershaw's tune is a close variant of "Quick Step 32nd Regiment," printed in Glasgow musician James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782).
The variants can be traced to "Sturgess's Hornpipe," which, despite the title is a 6/8 time jig. It was printed by the Thompson's music publishing concern, London, in their Compleat Collection of 120 Favourite Hornpipes.
