Annotation:Devil's Dream (Old): Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:16, 18 January 2011

DEVIL'S DREAM (Old). English, Jig. G Dorian. AABB. Standard tuning (fiddle). The melody first appeared in the 2nd edition of John Playford's Dancing Master (London, 1652) and was retained in the long-running series through the 18th and last volume, published in London by John Young in 1728. It also appears in Walsh's Compleat Country Dancing Master (London, editions of 1718, 1731 & 1754).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barlow (The Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 118, p;. 39. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 7.

Recorded sources:

Tune properties and standard notation

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 ----
 <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">
-'''DEVIL'S DREAM (Old)'''. English, Jig. G Dorian. AABB. Standard tuning (fiddle). Published before 1730.
+'''DEVIL'S DREAM (Old)'''. English, Jig. G Dorian. AABB. Standard tuning (fiddle). The melody first appeared in the 2nd edition of John Playford's '''Dancing Master''' (London, 1652) and was retained in the long-running series through the 18th and last volume, published in London by John Young in 1728. It also appears in Walsh's '''Compleat Country Dancing Master''' (London, editions of 1718, 1731 & 1754).
 <br>
 <br>
@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 </font></p>
 <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">
-''Printed sources'': Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 7.
+''Printed sources'': Barlow ('''The Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master'''), 1985; No. 118, p;. 39. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 7.
 <br>
 <br>