Annotation:Poor Soldier (1) (The)

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X: 1 T:Poor Soldier, The M:C L:1/8 B:The Calvert Collection - 1799, Page 12 Z:Nigel Gatherer K:D (ab/a) (fa/f/) (gb/g/) e2|(fa/f/) (df/d/) eecA|(ab/a/) (fa/f/) (gb/g/) (eg)|fedc [d2F2] [d2F2]|] A[dF][dF][dF] TB[gB][gB][gB]|A[dF][dF][dF] [dF][cE] [c2E2]|\ A[dF][dF][dF] TB[gB][gB][gB]|fedc [d2F2] [d2F2]|]

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William Shield

POOR SOLDIER [1], THE. English, Country Dance (4/4 time). England, Dorset. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The Poor Soldier [1] (1763) is the name of a two-act comic opera that was immensely popular in Britain, Ireland, and even the United States. The play was by John O’Keefe [2] (1747–1833), but music was composed and arranged by violinist, violist and the successful composer William Shield [3] (1748–1829). Shield, like many composers for stage of his era, freely borrowed from folk repertory for many of his melodies.

The finale of the work showcases a tune by the blind Irish harper Turlough O’Carolan (1670–1738), “John O'Connor” (“Planxty Mrs. O’Conor”). An early publication of the tune appears in 1799 by Thomas Calvert, a musician from Kelso, Scotland. A note with his collection states that Calvert supplied “a variety of music and instruments, instruments lent out, tun’d and repaired.”

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