Annotation:Mr. Banister's Jigg
MR. BANISTER'S JIG. English, Jig (6/4 time). F Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Mr. Banister is one of two musicians, father and son. The first English violinist on note, John Banister the elder (1630/33-1679), was the son of one of the waits (municipal musicians) of the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, and initially followed in his father's footsteps in the waits. King Charles II noticed his proficiency on the violin and sponsored him, appointing him leader of the King's violin band until a remark disparaging the French musicians appointed to it earned the displeasure of the monarch, who dismissed him in 1667. Banister was able to succeed in a series of house concerts at his abode in White Fryers, remarkable as being the first lucrative concerts given in London. One peculiarity of the arrangements was that the audience, on payment of one shilling, were entitled to demand what music they wished to be performed.
Alternatively, and probably, 'Mr. Banister' was John the younger (died c. 1735) who is known to have contributed to Playford's Division Violin (1685).
