Bishop of Bangor's Jig

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Theme code Index	1H1H75 7b455
Also known as	Bishop of Bangor's Jigg, Esgob Bangor
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Welsh
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	6/4, 6/8
History	England/Wales"England/Wales" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Henry Playford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Dancing Master 11th Edition
Tune and/or Page number	286
Year of publication/Date of MS	1701
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BISHOP OF BANGOR'S JIGG (Esgob Bangor). Welsh, English; Jig. England, North-West. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in the 11th edition of Playford's Dancing Master of 1701, a publication that marked Henry Playford's taking over the series from his father John Playford. It was retained in subsequent editions through the 16th (1716). "Bishop of Bangor" was also published in John Walsh's Compleat Country Dancing Master (editions of 1718, 1731 and 1754). The word Bangor comes from the Welsh for a wattle fence, and referred to the fence that surrounded the monastic community founded there by St. Deiniol in the year 525. Deiniol was consecrated Bishop in 546 and his church became a cathedral, and the Bishopric dates continuously from that period. The most famous Bishop of Bangor (who never actually resided in Bangor) in Playford's time was Benjamin Hoadley, who was involved in a semi-political controversy known as Bangorism, really simply a plea for Protestantism and tolerance. Some suspect a popular song went to the tune. A simple dance for eight people is attached to the tune, generally used as a Sicilian circle.

Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 416, p. 97. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 6. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; p. 11 (appears as "The Bishop of Bangor"). Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; p. 45.

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