Circle (1) (The)

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Theme code Index	1H52H6 4H4H1H5
Also known as	Sam Hyde's Quickstep, Mrs. Monroe's (1), King (The)
Composer/Core Source	Biography:John Adams Taggart
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	USA/New England"USA/New England" 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:Stacy Phillips
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 363
Year of publication/Date of MS	1995
Artist	Biography:New Hampshire Fiddlers Union
Title of recording	Music of John Taggart (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Front Hall FHR-204C
Year recorded	1992
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CIRCLE, THE. AKA and see "Sam Hyde's Quickstep," "Mrs. Monroe's [1]," "The King." American, Jig. D Major (Phillips): G Major (Miller). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Several tunes have been known by this name, probably because of their association with a circle dance. Tunes alternately known as "The Circle" have been "Rantin' Roaring Willy" and "Uncle Steve." Randy Miller (2004) attributes the tune to New England fiddler John Adams Taggart (1854-1943), from his Recollection of a Busy Life (1938), a typewritten manuscript deposited with the New Hampshire Historical Society (Concord, N.H.). Taggart, born and raised in Sharon, New Hampshire, and was a onetime orchestra leader and composer. Taggart wrote in his ms. that the tunes "were all taught me during my boyhood days in Sharon (N.H.), by the various fiddlers in that vicinity." Miller points out that Sharon is in "the heart of the Monadnock Region of southwestern New Hampshire, where fiddlers and contra dances abound to this day" (pref. iv) [Miller].

Source for notated version: New Hampshire Fiddlers' Union [Phillips].

Printed sources: Burchenal, 1918; p. 2. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 363. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 19, p. 24.

Recorded source: Front Hall FHR-204C, New Hampshire Fiddlers Union - "Music of John Taggart" (1992).

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