Annotation:Soldier's Dance (1)

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X:1 T:Soldier's Dance [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:"Allegretto" N:”Performed by Master Giles.” Master Giles, also known as “The Little N:Devil on Horseback” was a young and talented member of the N:equestrian company of the Edinburgh circus in the 1791 season. B:John Watlen - The Celebrated Circus Tunes (Edinburgh, 1791, p. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A E|A2A AGA|B2B e2d|c2A AGA|GBG EFG| A2A AGA|B2B e2d|cBA BAG|A2A A2:| |:e2e cde|f2f f3|g2g efg|a2a a3| e2e cde|fga agf|edc BAG|A2A A2:||

SOLDIER'S DANCE [1]. AKA and see "Marchioness (The)," "Guard House (The)," "Hullichan Jig," "Chelmsford Races." Scottish; Jig or Quadrille (6/8 time). USA, southwestern Pa. A Major (Ford): G Major (Bayard). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard dates the tune to the 18th century; "Soldier's Dance" appears in The Scottish Country Dance Book obtained from a Skillern collection of 1776. It was also printed by John Watlen (Edinburgh) and James Aird (Glasgow) in the 1790's. Robert Petrie published the jig under the title "Marchioness (The)" in his first collection of 1790. "Hullichan Jig" is cognate in the second strain only; the first strain is unrelated to the first strain of "Soldier's Dance (1)."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Hoge MS (a fife MS from southwestern Pa., 1944) [Bayard].

Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 85, p. 35. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 587, p. 517. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 90. The Scottish Country Dance Book, 1930 1957, Pt. 16, No. 3 (tune 2). Manson (Hamilton's Universal Tune-Book vol. 1), Glasgow, 1844; p. 87. John Watlen (The Celebrated Circus Tunes), Edinburgh, 1791; p. 5. Winner (New American School for the Banjo), 1883; p. 40.

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