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'''JENNY, COME TIE MY CRAVAT [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Garter (The)]]." English, Scottish; Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody dates from to 1686 when it was first printed in John Playford's '''Dancing Master''', 7th edition. It was retained in the long-running series through the 18th and final edition of 1728 (then published by the Playfords' successor, John Young). Versions also appear in Walsh's Compleat Country Dancing Master (London, 1718, 1731 & 1754) and in James Oswald's '''Caledonian Pocket Companion''' (vol. 6, 1760, p. 14). The melody was heard in period ballad operas, such as '''The Footman''' (1732), and '''Bay's Opera''' (1730). | '''JENNY, COME TIE MY CRAVAT [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Garter (The)]]." English, Scottish; Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody dates from to 1686 when it was first printed in John Playford's '''Dancing Master''', 7th edition. It was retained in the long-running series through the 18th and final edition of 1728 (then published by the Playfords' successor, John Young). Versions also appear in Walsh's Compleat Country Dancing Master (London, 1718, 1731 & 1754) and in James Oswald's '''Caledonian Pocket Companion''' (vol. 6, 1760, p. 14). The melody was heard in period ballad operas, such as '''The Footman''' (1732), and '''Bay's Opera''' (1730). | ||
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A version appears in the Henry Atkinson manuscript collection of 1694-95 under the title "Jockes Carvatt" [http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=R0100200], from the north east of England. | |||
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Revision as of 04:36, 11 February 2012
Tune properties and standard notation
JENNY, COME TIE MY CRAVAT [1]. AKA and see "Garter (The)." English, Scottish; Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody dates from to 1686 when it was first printed in John Playford's Dancing Master, 7th edition. It was retained in the long-running series through the 18th and final edition of 1728 (then published by the Playfords' successor, John Young). Versions also appear in Walsh's Compleat Country Dancing Master (London, 1718, 1731 & 1754) and in James Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion (vol. 6, 1760, p. 14). The melody was heard in period ballad operas, such as The Footman (1732), and Bay's Opera (1730).
A version appears in the Henry Atkinson manuscript collection of 1694-95 under the title "Jockes Carvatt" [1], from the north east of England.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 50.
Recorded sources: