Constant Couple (The)

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Theme code Index	5H3H4H2H 1H61H6
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Barry Callaghan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Hardcore English
Tune and/or Page number	p. 33
Year of publication/Date of MS	2007
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CONSTANT COUPLE, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major (Barnes). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody is contained in the H.S.J. Jackson manuscript (1823, Wyresdale, Lancashire), in the key of 'C'. The Constant Couple was a stage satire written by George Farquhar (1677-1707) in 1699, one of his biggest hits. The New York debut of the play was in 2007. Farquhar abandoned his studies to take to the Dublin stage, but after only a season he abandoned acting after severely wounding a fellow actor in an on-stage fencing scene when he forgot to exchange his sword for a foil. He soldiered for a time in Ireland, but had early success with his first play, Love and a Bottle, produced at Drury Lane when Farquhar was aged but 20. The Constant Couple was his next work, and was more favourably received than the first; it was popular for a century.

Printed source: Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 33.

X:1
T:Constant Couple, The.  HSJJ.097
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:150
S:HSJ Jackson, Wryesdale, Lancs. 1823
R:Misc.
O:England
A:Lancashire
H:1823
Z:Chris Partington
K:C
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