Annotation:Installation (1) (The)
X:1 T:Installation [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G BAB|G2d d2e|d3 cdc|B2B ABA|G2D BAB| G2d d2e|d3 gag|f2f efe|d3:| |:d2d|ded c2B|c2A c2c|Bcd c2B|A3 d2d| e2e fga|g2G cdc|B2B ABA|G3:|| K:Gmin BAG|d2e d2c|B2A BAG|^F2G c2B|A3 BAB| c2e d2c|B2F fed|gfe d2c|B3:| |:dcd|e2d c2d|B2A Bcd|c2B A2G|^F3 gab| a2g ^fga|g3 dcd|edc B2A|G3:||
INSTALLATION [1], THE. AKA and see "Our Pleasure." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major ('A' & 'B' parts) & G Minor ('C' & 'D' parts): A Major (Bush/Keller). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The melody was originally printed in Charles and Samuel Thompson's in their Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). As with numerous tunes from the Thompson's 1773 collection, it was penned into the 1788 music manuscript copybook of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.). Under the title "Our Pleasure," it was entered in the manuscript collection of Captain George Bush (1753?-1797), a fiddler and officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. It is not known whom (or what) the "Installation" title refers to, although it may refer to a ritual of the clergy; the last Archbishop of Canterbury to be installed prior to the Thompson's publication was Frederick Cornwallis in 1768.
