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'''ASHLEY'S FLAG'''. AKA - "Astley's Flag," "Distillery Hay." English, Reel. England, North-West. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune first appears in Longman, Lukey & Broderips's '''Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillions and Allemands''' (London, 1776). Transported to America it appears as "Astley's Flag" in Joshua Cushing's Fifer's Companion (pg. 49) printed in 1805 in Salem, Massachusetts, and in the Elisha Belknap manuscript, compiled in Framingham, Massachusetts, in 1784 as "Distillery Hay" (a title which refers probably to the circle-eight dance figure called a 'hey' or 'hay'). The title | ---- | ||
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Printed | '''ASHLEY'S FLAG'''. AKA - "[[Astley's Flag]]," "[[Distillery Hay]]." English, Reel. England, North-West. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune first appears in Longman, Lukey & Broderips's '''Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillions and Allemands''' (London, 1776). Transported to America it appears as "Astley's Flag" in Joshua Cushing's Fifer's Companion (pg. 49) printed in 1805 in Salem, Massachusetts, and in the Elisha Belknap manuscript, compiled in Framingham, Massachusetts, in 1784 as "Distillery Hay" (a title which refers probably to the circle-eight dance figure called a 'hey' or 'hay'). The title refers to Sergeant Major Philip Astley, who is credited with creating the first modern circus in London during the sencond half of the 18th century. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Knowles ('''Northern Frisk'''), 1988; No. 100. Thompson ('''Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5'''), 1788; p. 5. | |||
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Revision as of 03:26, 23 June 2012
ASHLEY'S FLAG. AKA - "Astley's Flag," "Distillery Hay." English, Reel. England, North-West. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune first appears in Longman, Lukey & Broderips's Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillions and Allemands (London, 1776). Transported to America it appears as "Astley's Flag" in Joshua Cushing's Fifer's Companion (pg. 49) printed in 1805 in Salem, Massachusetts, and in the Elisha Belknap manuscript, compiled in Framingham, Massachusetts, in 1784 as "Distillery Hay" (a title which refers probably to the circle-eight dance figure called a 'hey' or 'hay'). The title refers to Sergeant Major Philip Astley, who is credited with creating the first modern circus in London during the sencond half of the 18th century.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 100. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), 1788; p. 5.
Recorded sources:
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