Harlequin Gambols

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 Theme code Index    1112 3334
 Also known as    Colosseum (The), Harlequin's Gambols, Harlequin Hornpipe (4), Kay's Hornpipe, Merry Man Hornpipe (The), New Dick Hornpipe, Pet of the House (The), Runn's Hornpipe, Stage Hornpipe (3) (A)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Samuel Ann & Peter Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 5
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 8
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1788
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Harlequin Gambols M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson -- Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, p. 8) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb (3FGA|B2B2 Bdce|d2d2 dfeg|fbag fedc|dBfd ecAF| B2B2 Bece|d2d2 dfeg|fbag fedc|B2B2B2:| |:(3GFE|DFDF DFDF|EGEG EGEG|(ec)(cA) (ec)(cA)|(fd)(dB) (fd)(dB)| DFDF DFDF|EGEG EGEG|(ec)(cA) (ec)(cA)|B2B2B2:|]


X:2 T:Harlequin's Gamball Hornpipe. Roose.0907 T:Harlequin's Gambols. Roose.0907 T:Grimaldi's Hp,aka. Roose.0907 T:Colosseum Hornpipe,aka. Roose.0907 T:Stage Hp,aka. Roose.0907, The T:Pet of the House,aka. Roose.0907 T:New Dick,aka. Roose.0907 B:J.Roose MS, Manchester 1850 Z:Village Music Project Edmund Spriggs 2019 N:The pantomime clown Joey Grimaldi often played Harlequin N:Last note in first strain has been altered from a crotchet in the MS to a dotted crotchet in the transcription. Q:1/2=76 M:C| L:1/8 K:Bb F|B2B2Bdce|d2d2 dfeg|fbag fedc|dBfd ecBA| B2B2Bdce|d2d2 dfeg|fbag fedc|B2B2 B3:| |:FE|DBFB DBFB|EBGB EBGB|EecA EecA|DfdB DfdB| DBFB DBFB|EBGB EBGB|DfdB CecA|B2B2 B2:|


X:15 T:Stage,aka. Roose.1012, The T:Grimaldi's Hp,aka. Roose.1012 T:Pet of the House,aka. Roose.1012 T:Hornpipe. Roose.1012 B:John Roose MS,Manchester 1850 Z:Village Music Project. David Jacobs 2019 N:Title only "Hornpipe" in ms M:C L:1/8 Q:1/2=84 K:G D2|G2G2 GBAc|B2B2 Bdce|dgfe dcBA|BdFA GFED| G2G2 GBAc|B2B2 Bdce|dgfe dcBA|G2B2G2:| |:A2|Bdgd Bdgd|cege cege|dfaf dfaf|dgbg dgbg| Bdgd Bdgd|cege cege|dfaf dfaf|g2g2g2:|


X:1 T:Runn's Hornpipe N:A miss-hearing of "Master Byron's Hornpipe" (by Purcell?) N:A version of "Harlequin Gambols" B:Thomas Hampton music manuscript (c. 1870, Hereford, Herefordshire) M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G (3DE/F/)|G2G2 G>BA>c|B2B2 B>dc>e|d>gf>e dcBA|GBdB gecA| G2G2 GBAc|B2B2 Bece|dgfe dcBA|G2B2G2:| |:(d>c)|B>gd>g Bgdg|c>ge>g c>ge>g|a>fd>f afdf|gfga bgdc| B>gd>g Bgdg|cgdg cgeg|afdf afdf|g2b2g2:|]