Annotation:Foxhunter Hornpipe
Tune properties and standard notation
FOXHUNTER HORNPIPE, THE. English, 'Old' or Triple Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. It is a version of parts of the Irish melody called "Fox Chase (The)" and "Foxhunter's Jig (1) (The)." The hornpipe was first published by Walsh & Hare in the 3rd Book of the New Country Dancing Master (London, 1728). It appears in several musicians' manuscript collections, including that of London musician Thomas Hammersley (1790) and ship's fiddler William Litten (1800-1802, where it appears as "Foxhunter's Jigg."
Source for notated version: Knowles identifies this tune as coming from an anonymous 18th century English manuscript.
Printed sources: Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; p. 20.
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