Annotation:Dorsetshire Hornpipe

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 DORSETSHIRE HORNPIPE, THE. English, Hornpipe. D Major (Kennedy, Raven): B Flat Major (O'Neill, Wilson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. One of the tunes associated by Emmerson (1971) with the stage character solo-hornpipe dance. The melody also can be used for a schottische. The name Dorset stems from the Latin term Dornsaete, signifying the people whom made their homes around the Roman city of Dorchester (Matthews, 1972).  Source for notated version: Wilson's Companion to the Ballroom (1816) [O'Neill].  Printed sources: Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 12, pg. 6. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 319. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 166.  Recorded sources:

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