Annotation:Air in Harlequin Ranger (1)

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AIR IN HARLEQUIN RANGER. English, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Harlequin Ranger was a pantomime produced by David Garrick in Drury Lane, London, in 1751, a burlesque of Rich's Covent Garden pantomimes which mocked the entertainment of wire dancing and the antics of strange animal's in Rich's theatre. When Rich's friends attended Garrick's play, they attempted to disrupt the performance by throwing an apple at the comic actor Henry Woodward, who retorted with a sarcastic comment from the stage. A lawsuit ensued.

David Garrick

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Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Stewart (A Select Collection of Scots English Irish and Foreign Airs Jiggs & Marches), 1788; No. 7, p. 3.

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