Annotation:Essence of Cinnamon Seed: Difference between revisions

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ESSENCE OF CINNAMON SEED. American, ("Slow") Dance Tune. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. There are several "Essence..." tunes printed in William Bradbury Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883). The word 'essence' being used as a cognate term for 'humors' or 'fancy', referring to a piece of music. See note for "Essence of Old Virginny" for information on the "Essence..." type of tune.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 24. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883.

Recorded sources:

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''ESSENCE OF CINNAMON SEED'''. American, ("Slow") Dance Tune. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. There are several "Essence..." tunes printed in William Bradbury Ryan's '''Mammoth Collection''' (1883). The word 'essence' being used as a cognate term for 'humors' or 'fancy', referring to a piece of music. As a group, the "Essence..." tunes appear to be vehicles for a stage clog or buck-and-wing type of performance, particular to the 1870's and 1880's.
+'''ESSENCE OF CINNAMON SEED'''. American, ("Slow") Dance Tune. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. There are several "Essence..." tunes printed in William Bradbury Ryan's '''Mammoth Collection''' (1883). The word 'essence' being used as a cognate term for 'humors' or 'fancy', referring to a piece of music. See note for "[[Essence of Old Virginny]]" for information on the "Essence..." type of tune.
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