Annotation:Kettledrum

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KETTLEDRUM (Kettle Drum). AKA and see "Pepper's Black (2)." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Published by John Playford (1623-1686) in his first edition of his The English Dancing Master (1651), with instructions for a round dance. It appeared in subsequent editions of the Dancing Master through the eighth edition of 1690, after which it was dropped from the long-running series.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Barlow ('Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 50, p. 27. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 103 (appears as "Puck's Deceit", the name of a country dance by Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett set to the tune). Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 14: Songs, Airs and Dances of the 18th Century), 1997; p. 10. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pp. 10 & 46 (the latter is a facsimile copy of Playford's printing).

Recorded sources: Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD 33, "Cast a Bell" (2001). North Star NS0031, "Dance Across the Sea: Dances and Airs from the Celtic Highlands" (1990).

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