Annotation:Sadler's Wells Hornpipe
X:18261 T:Vauxalls Hornpipe. GS.099 T:Sadler's Wells Hornpipe,aka. GS.099 M:2/2 L:1/8 Q:160 S:George Spencer m/s, Leeds,1831 R:Hornpipe O:England A:Leeds H:1831 Z:vmp.Cherri Graebe K:G major BA | G2G,2 GcBA | BdBG F2 ED | CDEC B,CDB, | A,2A2A2 BA | G2G2GcBA |BdBG F2 ED |c2 BA BGAF | G2G2G2 :| |: d2 | g2d2 ecBA | BdBG F2 ED| cdec BdBG | F2A2A2d2 | g2d2 ecBA | BdBG F2 ED | c2 BA BGAF | G2G2G2 :||
SADLERS WELLS HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Vauxhalls Hornpipe.” English, Hornpipe (4/4 time). England, Yorkshire. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In addition to the c. 1847-52 Lawrence Leadley manuscript, the melody can be found (as “Vauxhalls Hornpipe”) in George Spencer’s 1831 music manuscript collection (Leeds), and still earlier in the Wolsnoume music manuscript (Lancashire), from around 1798. Sadler's Wells [1] was, since 1683 (and still is), a theater in Clerkenwell, London, England located on Rosebery Avenue. It was originally a spa famed for its waters, but grew into a pleasure garden and performing arts venue. However, but the 18th century it was in decline, except as a summertime venue. The alternate title, Vauxhall Gardens [2], references a fashionable pleasure garden in greater London in the 18th century, and even well into the 19th, albeit in decline. See note for “annotation:Sadler's Wells (1)” for more.
