Annotation:Opera Hornpipe (2)
X: 1 T:Opera Hornpipe [2]. RHu.091 S:R.Hughes MS,1823,Whitchurch,Shrops. R:.Hornpipe A:Whitchurch, Shropshire Z:Neil Brookes 2006 M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:1/2=80 K:D F>G|A>Fd>B A>Fd>A|B>cd>B A2 F>G|A>Fd>B A>Fd>B|A>FA>F E2 F>G|! A>Fd>B A>Fd>A|B>cd>B A2 d>e|f>da>d g>ed>c|d2d2d2:|! |:d>e|f>df>d f>da>f|g>fe>d c>BA>G|F>Ad>A A>df>d|e>dc>d e2 d>e|! f>df>d f>da>f|g>fe>d c>BA>G|F>Ad>A Ggec|d2d2d2:|
OPERA HORNPIPE [2]. AKA and see "Hoppers Hornpipe." English, Hornpipe (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in the music manuscript copybooks of musicians R. Hughes (Whitchurch, Shropshire, c. 1823) and British army fife John Buttery (early 19th century). A close version called "Hoppers Hornpipe" was entered into the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Manchester, England, musician biography:John Roose.
