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John Glen ('''Early Scottish Melodies''', 1900) and Purser (1992) attributed the tune to the Scottish composer and publisher James Oswald [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oswald_%28composer%29] (1710–1769), who included it in his '''Caledonian Pocket Companion''' (vol. II, c. 1745), although Chappell would only credit the variations to him. It also appears previous in Oswald's '''Curious Scots Tunes for a Violin and Flute''' (1742), albeit with no claim to authorship. Chappell concluded: "I have seen many half-sheet copies of the song 'Lovely Nancy' but never with an author's name, and I doubt whether any one could properly claim it, fir it seems to be only an alteration of 'Ye virgins so pretty'." Glen also finds the song in '''Calliope, or English Harmony''' (1739, p. 176) under the title "[[Strephon's Complaint]]", which begins "How can you, Lovely Nancy." It is the same air, although Glen believes it was contributed to the collection by Oswald before he left Edinburgh. | John Glen ('''Early Scottish Melodies''', 1900) and Purser (1992) attributed the tune to the Scottish composer and publisher James Oswald [wp: | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oswald_%28composer%29] (1710–1769), who included it in his '''Caledonian Pocket Companion''' (vol. II, c. 1745), although Chappell would only credit the variations to him. It also appears previous in Oswald's '''Curious Scots Tunes for a Violin and Flute''' (1742), albeit with no claim to authorship. Chappell concluded: "I have seen many half-sheet copies of the song 'Lovely Nancy' but never with an author's name, and I doubt whether any one could properly claim it, fir it seems to be only an alteration of 'Ye virgins so pretty'." Glen also finds the song in '''Calliope, or English Harmony''' (1739, p. 176) under the title "[[Strephon's Complaint]]", which begins "How can you, Lovely Nancy." It is the same air, although Glen believes it was contributed to the collection by Oswald before he left Edinburgh. | ||
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LOVELY NANCY [1]. English, Air and Waltz (3/4 time). G Major (Barnes, Kennedy, Oswald, Raven): E Flat Major (Chappell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (most versions): AABBCCDD (Callaghan): AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJ (Oswald). This popular air appears in the 18th century ballad opera The Jovial Crew when it was revived in February, 1760 (but not in the 1731 version of the play[1]). It was added after the first performance, according to the English musicologist William Chappell (1859), with the words below being sung by the female beggars. Waltz versions, of course, are a later adaptation of the air.
John Glen (Early Scottish Melodies, 1900) and Purser (1992) attributed the tune to the Scottish composer and publisher James Oswald [wp:
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- ↑ The original Jovial Crew or The Merry Beggars was written by Richard Broome, first staged in 1641 and published in 1652.