Annotation:Mr. Cosgill’s Delight
Tune properties and standard notation
MR. COSGILL'S DELIGHT. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time {Barnes, Raven}: 4/4 time {Williamson}). C Major (Barnes, Raven): G Major (Williamson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Barnes, Raven): One part (Williamson). The melody appears in the 1718 music manuscript of English musician Thomas Bennet, simply as a generic “Gavot.” Cittern player Doc Rossi finds that “Mr. Cosgill’s Delight” is derived from “Corelli’s Gavotte,” a melody that occurs in the final movement of Archangelo Corelli’s Trio Sonata op. 2, No. 1 (1685).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 19. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; p. 26.
Recorded sources: Antilles 7003, Kirkpatrick & Hutchings - "The Compleat Dancing Master" (1973). Island HELP 17, "The Complete Dancing Master."