Annotation:Garland of Love (The): Difference between revisions

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GARLAND OF LOVE, THE. English, Air or Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A pretty 19th century air that can be used as a waltz, although the second part is a bit irregular, having 18 bars instead of the usual 16, as in the first part. It appears in several songsters of the period, such as Parlour Songster (c. 1856, p. 158). c.f. Roud #1247. Manuscript versions of the tune are to be found in the Read manuscript, begun 1798 (New Haven, Conn.), and in fiddler John Fife's collection (c. 1780-1804, collected in Perthshire and perhaps at sea). Printed versions can be found in Edward Riley's Flute Melodies, vol. 1 (New York, 1814), John Paff's Gentleman's Amusement No. 2 (New York, 1812), and G.E. Blake's Gentleman's Amusement (Philadelphia, 1824). Words begin:

How sweet are the flowers that grow by yon fountain

Source for notated version: the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner].

Printed sources: Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; p. 88.

Recorded sources:

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''GARLAND OF LOVE, THE'''. English, Air or Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A pretty 19th century air that can be used as a waltz, although the second part is a bit irregular, having 18 bars instead of the usual 16, as in the first part. It appears in several songsters of the period, such as '''Parlour Songster''' (c. 1856, p. 158). c.f. Roud #1247.  Words begin:
+'''GARLAND OF LOVE, THE'''. English, Air or Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A pretty 19th century air that can be used as a waltz, although the second part is a bit irregular, having 18 bars instead of the usual 16, as in the first part. It appears in several songsters of the period, such as '''Parlour Songster''' (c. 1856, p. 158). c.f. Roud #1247. Manuscript versions of the tune are to be found in the Read manuscript, begun 1798 (New Haven, Conn.), and in fiddler John Fife's collection (c. 1780-1804, collected in Perthshire and perhaps at sea). Printed versions can be found in Edward Riley's '''Flute Melodies, vol. 1''' (New York, 1814), John Paff's '''Gentleman's Amusement No. 2''' (New York, 1812), and G.E. Blake's '''Gentleman's Amusement''' (Philadelphia, 1824). Words begin:
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