Annotation:Ianthe (2): Difference between revisions

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IANTHA [2]. AKA - "Ianthe the Lovely." AKA and see "Mourn Hapless Caledonia," "When he holds up his hand." English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was composed by John Barret (1674?-1735?), to to a lyric by John Glanvill, c.1705. Barret was a music-master at Christ's Hospital, and a pupil of Dr. Blows; he contributed many melodies to period publications. "Iantha" was published in The Dancing Master, 13th edition of 1706 (then published in London by John Young, heir to the Playford publishing concern). It also appears in D'Urfey's "Pills to Purge Melancholy", and in John Gay's seminal ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera" (1729), for the song "When he holds up his hand"). Henry Harington (1727 - 1816) included it in his Songs, Duets and Other Compositions by Doctor Harington of Bath never before published (London, 1800).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 147, p. 42.

Recorded sources:

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''IANTHA [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Princess Royal (5)]]." English, Air. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Simpson, in his volume '''British Broadside Ballads and Their Music''', says this air was originally entitled "Iantha" and was included in the supplemental section called "Tunes of the French Dances" in the third edition of Playford's '''Dancing Master''' (c. 1662, No. 28). It can also be found in twice in Playford's '''Apollo's Banquet''' (1670, No. 176 & No. 200), first as "Ianythae" and then as "La Princess Royale." The "Princess Royal" title was used for subsequent editions of Playford volumes. A different tune called "[[Iantha (2)]]" was printed in the 13th edition of the '''Dancing Master''' (1706), then published in London by John Young, heir to the Playford publishing concern.
+'''IANTHA [2]'''. AKA - "Ianthe the Lovely." AKA and see "[[Mourn Hapless Caledonia]]," "[[When he holds up his hand]]." English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was composed by John Barret (1674?-1735?), to to a lyric by John Glanvill, c.1705. Barret was a music-master at Christ's Hospital, and a pupil of Dr. Blows; he contributed many melodies to period publications. "Iantha" was published in '''The Dancing Master''', 13th edition of 1706 (then published in London by John Young, heir to the Playford publishing concern). It also appears in D'Urfey's "Pills to Purge Melancholy", and in John Gay's seminal ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera" (1729), for the song "When he holds up his hand"). Henry Harington (1727 - 1816) included it in his '''Songs, Duets and Other Compositions by Doctor Harington of Bath never before published''' (London, 1800).
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