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'''AP SHENKIN'''. There are numerous titles for the tune. The "Ap Shenkin" title comes from Parry ("Bard Alaw") in his book '''The Welsh Harper''' (vol. 1. p. 105), with the attribution: "Composed by J. Parry, 1803." | |||
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Samuel Bayard collected a version of the tune in southwestern Pennsylvania in the 1930's as an untitled square dance tune in the reportoire of fiddler and singer Samuel Losch (a middle-aged man who had been born in Juniata County). | Samuel Bayard collected a version of the tune in southwestern Pennsylvania in the 1930's as an untitled square dance tune in the reportoire of fiddler and singer Samuel Losch (a middle-aged man who had been born in Juniata County). | ||
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Printed sources: Bayard ('''Dance to the Fiddle'''), 1981; No. 506, | <br> | ||
''Printed sources:'' Bayard ('''Dance to the Fiddle'''), 1981; No. 506, p. 461 (appears as "Square Dance"). '''Button & Whitaker's Selection of Dances, Reels and Waltzes for the Piano Forte, Harp Violin, & German Flute. With Figures, No. 8''', 1815; p. 24. Goulding ('''Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808'''), 1808; No. 2. Kennedy ('''Fiddler's Tune Book'''), vol. 1, No. 93, p. 46. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), vol. 3; No. 258, p. 29. '''Riley's Flute Melodies''', vol. I, 1814; p. 58. | |||
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Revision as of 05:16, 15 August 2013
AP SHENKIN. There are numerous titles for the tune. The "Ap Shenkin" title comes from Parry ("Bard Alaw") in his book The Welsh Harper (vol. 1. p. 105), with the attribution: "Composed by J. Parry, 1803."
Samuel Bayard collected a version of the tune in southwestern Pennsylvania in the 1930's as an untitled square dance tune in the reportoire of fiddler and singer Samuel Losch (a middle-aged man who had been born in Juniata County).
Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 506, p. 461 (appears as "Square Dance"). Button & Whitaker's Selection of Dances, Reels and Waltzes for the Piano Forte, Harp Violin, & German Flute. With Figures, No. 8, 1815; p. 24. Goulding (Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808), 1808; No. 2. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune Book), vol. 1, No. 93, p. 46. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 258, p. 29. Riley's Flute Melodies, vol. I, 1814; p. 58.
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