Annotation:Venetian Hornpipe
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VENETIAN HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Boston publisher Elias Howe prints instructions for a contra dance set to the tune in several of his publications, including American Dancing Master, and Ball-Room Prompter (1862) and 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Ford (Traditional Music of America), 1940; p. 97.
Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 84.
White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 99, p. 18.
Recorded sources:
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