Annotation:Christmas Tale (1)

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X:11 T:Christmas Tale [1]. Roose.0300, A B:Roose MS, 1850 Z:Village Music Project 2019 Mike Hicken M:C| L:1/8 Q:1/4=130 K:D f>ede dBAB|AFEF E/E/E E2|f>ede dBAB|AFDF D/D/D D2 :| |: F>GAd F>GAd|gfed eE E2|F>GAd F>GAd|fedc dD D2 :|

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A scene from "Christmas Tale", set in a wild landscape with a figure in costume to the right drawing his sword as a crowd of furies, being a mixture of bears and men in costume with lion skins and snakes.

CHRISTMAS TALE [1]. English, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A Christmas Tale was a popular stage production in five parts by wikipedia:David_Garrick, performed at wikipedia:Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane in 1773. It included a personified Christmas character (as in 'Father Christmas') who announced in the prologue::

Behold a personage well known to fame;
Once lov'd and honour'd – Christmas is my name!....

With carrol, fiddle, dance, and pleasant tale,
Jest, gibe, prank, gambol, mummery and ale,
I, English hearts rejoic'd in days of yore;
for new strange modes, imported by the score,
You will not sure turn Christmas out of door!

"Christmas Tale" was adapted by Garrick from a French comedy and was chosen to showcase the talents of Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (Strasbourg 1740 – London 1812), who worked with Garrick at the Theatre Royal as a painter and scenery designer. The production featured spectacular effects using colored lights, irregularly spaced rows of set pieces for an increased illusion of depth, and oriental motifs. However, although the scenery was spectacular, the literary value of the work was doubtful. Horace Walpole opined that the play itself was "dire."

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