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'''LODOISKA.''' AKA - "La Lodoiska." English, Quadrille (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCC. The melody is one of the tunes from the set which forms "[[Quadrille des Lanciers]]," composed by Rodolphe Kreutzer. The lancers set was printed in early 19th century collections, including J. Hewitt's '''A Collection of New Cotillions''' (New York, c. 1803). The tune also appears in the music manuscript collections of Leeds, Yorkshire, musician George Spencer (c. 1831), and Shropshire musician and poet John Moore (c. 1837). | '''LODOISKA.''' AKA - "La Lodoiska." English, Quadrille (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCC. The melody is one of the tunes from the set which forms "[[Quadrille des Lanciers]]," composed by classical composer Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831) for his opera '''Lodoïska''' [http://imslp.org/wiki/Lodoiska_%28Kreutzer,_Rodolphe%29] (1791). The lancers set was printed in early 19th century collections, including J. Hewitt's '''A Collection of New Cotillions''' (New York, c. 1803). The tune also appears in the music manuscript collections of Leeds, Yorkshire, musician George Spencer (c. 1831), and Shropshire musician and poet John Moore (c. 1837). | ||
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LODOISKA. AKA - "La Lodoiska." English, Quadrille (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCC. The melody is one of the tunes from the set which forms "Quadrille des Lanciers," composed by classical composer Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831) for his opera Lodoïska [1] (1791). The lancers set was printed in early 19th century collections, including J. Hewitt's A Collection of New Cotillions (New York, c. 1803). The tune also appears in the music manuscript collections of Leeds, Yorkshire, musician George Spencer (c. 1831), and Shropshire musician and poet John Moore (c. 1837).
Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman].
Printed sources: Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 82, p. 33.
Recorded sources:
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