Annotation:Jean de Paris (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
JEAN DE PARIS. AKA and see "John of Paris," "Ninety-Five." English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA. Jean de Paris was an opera with music by François Adrien Boieldieu (libretto by C. Benjamin Godard d'Aurour) first staged at the Opéra-Comique, in Paris, on April 4, 1812. The tune is contained in several 19th century musicians manuscripts such as the 19th century Joseph Kershaw manuscript and the William Mackie manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddle player who lived in the remote area of Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, who compiled his manuscript from 1820 onwards, while Mackie was a Great Highland Bagpiper and Scottish small-pipes player from Aberdeen whose ms. is from the early 19th century. The tune is a popular morris dance tune under the title "Ninety-Five."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Knowles (The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript), 1993; No. 52.
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