Annotation:Handel's Hornpipe

Back to Handel's Hornpipe

X:1 T:Hendall’s Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/8 B:John & William Neal – “A Choice Collection of Country Dances” (1726, p. 13) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d|(Bc)(AB)|GD2E|(F/E/F/G/) AB|(G/F/G/A/) GF|(G/A/B/c/) de |^c A2G|FdE^c dD2|| d|ec2e |dBgB|cAdA|BG2A|BGcG|BG2A|BGcG|BG2A| BGcB|A3d|gGeG|dG2F|EGDG|CA2C|B,GA,F|GG,2||

HANDEL'S HORNPIPE. AKA - "Hendall's Hornpipe." English, Hornpipe (2/4 or whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Neal): AABBCC (Young). In addition to the printed early 18th century dance collections (listed below) in which the tune appeared, "Handel's Hornpipe" (or, sometimes, "Hendel's" or another spelling variant), could be heard in Charles Coffey's ballad opera The Female Parson: or, Beau in the Sudds (Act III, Air VI), first performed at the New Theatre in the Haymarket in 1730, and in The Conspirators (1749) by Carrickfergus.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - John Johnson (Wright's Compleat Collection of celebrated country Dances. Vol. 2), 1742; p. 48. John & William Neal (A Choice Collection of Country Dances), Dublin, 1726. David Rutherford (Rutherford's Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances), 1756; p. 35. John Walsh (Caledonian Country Dances vol. II), 1737; No. 323, p. 63.

Back to Handel's Hornpipe

0.00

(0 votes)