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'''DOUBLE CLOG DANCE'''. American, Clog or Hornpipe. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Elias Howe noted that his source was Jimmy Norton, the 'Boss Jig Player', about whom nothing is known, but who was perhaps a band-leader or principal instrumentalist for a band in the Boston, Massachusetts area. The tune, which was perhaps the vehicle for a stage dance, was arranged for 9 parts-violins, clarionet (sic), coronet, bass, flute, viola, trombone, cello and piano-in another of Howe's publications, '''Howe's Full Quadrille Orchestra''' (No. 262). | '''DOUBLE CLOG DANCE'''. AKA and see "[[Gray's Opera House]]." American, Clog or Hornpipe. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Elias Howe noted that his source was Jimmy Norton, the 'Boss Jig Player', about whom nothing is known, but who was perhaps a band-leader or principal instrumentalist for a band in the Boston, Massachusetts area. The tune, which was perhaps the vehicle for a stage dance, was arranged for 9 parts-violins, clarionet (sic), coronet, bass, flute, viola, trombone, cello and piano-in another of Howe's publications, '''Howe's Full Quadrille Orchestra''' (No. 262). | ||
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Tune properties and standard notation
DOUBLE CLOG DANCE. AKA and see "Gray's Opera House." American, Clog or Hornpipe. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Elias Howe noted that his source was Jimmy Norton, the 'Boss Jig Player', about whom nothing is known, but who was perhaps a band-leader or principal instrumentalist for a band in the Boston, Massachusetts area. The tune, which was perhaps the vehicle for a stage dance, was arranged for 9 parts-violins, clarionet (sic), coronet, bass, flute, viola, trombone, cello and piano-in another of Howe's publications, Howe's Full Quadrille Orchestra (No. 262).
Source for notated version: Jimmy Norton [Howe].
Printed sources: Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 31. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 414, p. 46.
Recorded sources: