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X:1 T:Circassian Circle M:C L:1/8 B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 1 (1854, p. 135) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion N:The initial pick up bar has been corrected (dc instead of d/c/) K:Bb dc|BFdc B2d2|BFdc B2d2|cFed c2e2|cFed c2e2| BFdc B2d2|BFdc B2d2|cdec AFGA|B2d2B2:| |:z2|Bdfe d2f2|dBdf bfdB|cFed c2e2|cdcB Ac f2| dBfe d2f2|dBdf bfdB|ABcB AFGA|B2d2B2:|]



CIRCASSIAN CIRCLE, THE. English, Scottish, Canadian; Hornpipe, Reel or Country Dance. G Major (Kennedy, Lees, Raven): D Major (Howe, Jarman): A Major (Kerr, Martin, <milne, sweet):="" b="" flat="" major="" (manson).="" standard="" tuning="" (fiddle).="" aabb.="" jarman's="" version="" is="" somewhat="" different.="" the="" circassian="" circle="" a="" country="" dance,="" which="" lake="" district="" musician="" william="" irwin="" directs="" be="" played="" as="" 'hornpipe'="" in="" his="" c.="" 1850="" music="" manuscript="" copybook.="" it="" was,="" for="" example,="" recorded="" having="" been="" and="" danced="" carmichael="" of="" lanarkshire,="" scotland,="" around="" turn="" 20th="" century="" (1900)="" where="" was="" always="" first="" dance="" evening.="" vehicle="" usually="" namesake="" melody="" followed="" by="" additional="" tunes="" at="" same="" tempo,="" capped="" return="" to="" original="" "circassian="" circle"="" melody.="" canadians="" have="" frequently="" employed="" tune="" "<a="" href="Bastringue%20(La)" data-mce-href="Bastringue%20(La)" title="Bastringue (La)" data-mw-type="internal_link" class="link internal mw-internal-link mceNonEditable mceNonEditableOverlay mwspan" data-mw-wikitext="%5B%5BBastringue%20(La)%5D%5D" contenteditable="false"></milne,>


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - William Irwin music manuscript collection (c. 1850, Lake District, Cumbria) [Offord].

Printed sources : - Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 71. Jarman (The Cornhuskers Book of Square Dance Tunes), 1944; p. 32 (appears as "The Circassion Circle"). Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune-Book, vol. 1), 1951; No. 1, p. 1. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; No. 1, p. 26. J. Kenyon Lees (Balmoral Reel Book), Glasgow, 1910; p. 26. Manson (Hamilton's Universal Tune Book, vol. 1), 1854; p. 135. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 37. Milne (Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin), 1870; p. 40. John Offord (Bonny Cumberland), 2018; p. 45. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 165. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964; p. 57.

Recorded sources : - Tradition 2118, Jim MacLeod & His Band – "Scottish Dances: Jigs, Waltzes and Reels" (1979).




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