Annotation:Jovial Beggars (1) (The)

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JOVIAL BEGGARS [1], THE. AKA and see "Parthenia (3)." English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 or 6/8 time). D Major (Playford): B Flat Major (Barnes, Christian). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Prior to the 13th edition of the Dancing Master the tune appears as "Parthenia (3)," with "Jovial Beggars" as an alternate title. However, beginning with the 13th and continuing to the 18th (and last) edition of the long-running series, the melody appears only as "The Jovial Beggars." The tune was also published by Walsh in The Compleat Country Dancing Master, editions of 1718, 1731 and 1754.

Researcher Graham Christian (2015) remarks that the dance and tune were title so as to capitalize on the "perennial success" of Richard Brome's play The Jovial Crew, first performed around the year 1641, and revived often after that. In 1731 it was turned into a long-running ballad opera.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 188, p. 51 (appears as "Parthenia or The Jovial Beggars"). Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Christian (A Playford Assembly), 2015; p. 54. Walsh (Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth), London, 1740; No. 71.

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