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'''ITALIAN MONFRINA'''. AKA – "Italian Monfreda." Scottish, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Kidson (Grove) writes that the Monferrina is "a kind of country dance, originating in the Piedmont. The tunes used in Italy and Malta became fashionable in England in the early years of the 19th century, and were employed for country dances. In this country the name stood as 'Monfrina, Monfreda or Manfredina'." Similar Monferrina tunes appear in the early 19th century music manuscript copybooks of John Clare (Northants) and John Moore (Tyneside, Northuberland) (see "[[Monfrina (1)]]" and "[[Monfrina (2)]]"). | '''ITALIAN MONFRINA'''. AKA – "Italian Monfreda." Scottish, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Kidson (Grove) writes that the Monferrina is "a kind of country dance, originating in the Piedmont. The tunes used in Italy and Malta became fashionable in England in the early years of the 19th century, and were employed for country dances. In this country the name stood as 'Monfrina, Monfreda or Manfredina'." Similar Monferrina tunes appear in the early 19th century music manuscript copybooks of John Clare (Northants) and John Moore (Tyneside, Northuberland) (see "[[Monfrina (1)]]" and "[[Monfrina (2)]]"). | ||
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ITALIAN MONFRINA. AKA – "Italian Monfreda." Scottish, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Kidson (Grove) writes that the Monferrina is "a kind of country dance, originating in the Piedmont. The tunes used in Italy and Malta became fashionable in England in the early years of the 19th century, and were employed for country dances. In this country the name stood as 'Monfrina, Monfreda or Manfredina'." Similar Monferrina tunes appear in the early 19th century music manuscript copybooks of John Clare (Northants) and John Moore (Tyneside, Northuberland) (see "Monfrina (1)" and "Monfrina (2)").
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; p. 27.
Manson (Hamilton's Universal Tune-Book, vol. 1), 1853; p. 181.
Wheatstone's Country Dances for 1810.
Wilson (Supplement to the Treasures of Terpsichore for 1810 and 1811), 1811; p. 12 (dance description).
Wilson (A Companion to the Ballroom), 1816; p. 83.
Recorded sources: