Annotation:Tempest (1)
X: 10623 T: TEMPEST [1] C: %R: jig B: Elias Howe "The Musician's Companion" Part 1 1842 p.62 #3 S: http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Musician's_Companion_(Howe,_Elias) Z: 2015 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: G % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (d/c/) |\ B2B Bgf | e2e efg | ded dcB | BAA A2 (d/c/) | B2B Bgf | e2e efg | ded cBA | AGG "^fine"G2 :| |: (g/a/) |\ b2g a2f | gfe d2c | Bdf gdB | cAA A2 (g/a/) | b2g a2f | gfe agf | bag fge | dgf ed"^D.C."c |] % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
TEMPEST [1], THE (Ap Shenkin). AKA and see "Ap Shenkin," "Dear Little Island (The)," "Even and Odd Like Tom with His Hod," "Mississippi." English, American; Jig. USA; Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine. G Major (most versions): C Major (Howe/Accordeon). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune "Tempest (1)" is centuries old, under the Welsh title "Ap Shenkin." It is linked with a country dance called The Tempest in New England, perhaps the one performed at the 150th anniversary celebration of the town of Lancaster, New Hampshire, in August, 1914 (according to a playbill of the time). Howe (c. 1867) printed dance instructions with the tune, which was included in his section of Contra Dances. The title also appears in a list of the repertoire of Maine fiddler Mellie Dunham. The elderly Dunham was Henry Ford's champion fiddler in the late 1920's.
