Annotation:Royal Irish Quadrille No. 1

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X:1 T:Royal Irish Quadrille No. 1. Le4.177 T:Black Joke,aka. Le4.177 Q:3/8=100 L:1/8 B:L.Leadley MS#4 c1850 Z:vmp.Mike Hicken 2016 www.village-music-project.org.uk N: * This is not shown as a semi-quaver but has been changed to match the preceeding dotted quaver. N: ** In the original there is a bar here containing 2 quaver rests which has been omitted. M:6/8 K:C G|Gcc cBc|d>"*"ed dcB|ceg gfe|dfe dcB| c>de A>Bc|G>cB cde|c>de A>Bc|GcB c !fermata!|| gf|ece geg |afa g2 f/e/|ece geg|afa g2e| ceg gfe|dfe dcB|c>de A>Bc|GcB c2G|| "**"|A2z c2z|Bfe dcB|c>Bc c>Bc|B^GB e2z | A2z c2z|Bfe dcB|c>BA B>A^G|ABA A=GG "_Decapo"|]

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Jullien

ROYAL IRISH QUADRILLE NO. 1. The "Royal Irish Quadrilles" were a set of quadrille figures (Pantalon - L'Ete - La Poule - Trenise - Finale) 'composed' (i.e. compiled and assembled) by Frenchman Louis-Antoine Jullien (1812–1860), who usually is just referred to by the single name Jullien. The quadrilles consisted of famous "Irish" melodies arranged as quadrilles for band by Jullien, a famous showman, composer of light music, and virtuoso piccolo player. "The Royal Irish Quadrilles" were requested played by piper Thomas Mahon by Queen Victoria during her first visit to Ireland in 1849, who “was surprised when he learned that not only the Queen, but the Prince Consort was familiar with the best gems of Irish music" (O'Neill, Irish Minstrels and Musicians, 1913).

The first quadrille figure was fashioned from "Black Joke (1) (The)", the second figure was "Brighton Camp," and the fourth "Irish Washerwoman (1)." "Royal Irish Quadrille No. 1" (Black Joke), "Royal Irish Quadrille No. 2" (Brighton Camp/Girl I Left Behind Me), and "Royal Irish Quadrille No. 4" (Irish Washerwoman) were entered into the 1850 music manuscript (p. 93) of shoemaker and fiddler William Winter, of Bagborough, Somerset, southwest England, who elsewhere in his ms. also had the 4th quadrille entered as "Irish Washerwoman".

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