Annotation:Pas de deux
X:1 T:Pas de deux M:3/8 L:1/8 N:"Double rope. Sigr. Ferzi." B:) J. MacLean – “The Amateurs Companion: Being a rare selection of Irish & Scotch Melodies” (Dublin, c. 1810-15, p. 26) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|dd/f/ aa/f/|gb bg/e/|ccc B/c/|d/e/f/d/ AA|dd/f/ aa/f/|gbb g/e/|ccc B/c/|Te2 d:| |:d|e>c A>A|a>fd>d|g>e d/c/B/c/|d/e/f/d/ AA|e>c A>A|a>f d>d|g>e d/c/B/c/|Te2 d:| |:d|ATdATd|f2d2|eb/a/ g/e/d/c/|d/e/f/d/ AA|ATdATd| f2d2|eb/a/ g/e/d/c/|Te2 d:|]
PAS DE DEUX. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A note with the tune reads "Double Rope. Sigr. Ferzi." Ferzi (sometimes spelt Farci), along with his pupil Garmon, were recorded as being rope dancers performing at Sadler's Wells (London) in 1771. A few years later, Garmon became a member of the first company formed by the celebrated Philip Astley for the Amphitheatre in the Westminster Road. The Ferzie family was recorded as performing in Dublin around the time McLean's volume was published:
On 8 November 1815 the Fishamble Street Theatre was again transformed into a circus, this time by Signor Ferzi, and opened as the Olympic Paviolion, where they seem to have performed regularly until the following February. The entertainments consisted of horsemanship, tight- and slack-rope danceing, comic singing, but no theatrical entertainments...In January 1816, J. Cook, known as "The Caledonian Equestrian", and W. Cooke, the Clown, performed there and took a benefit. On 20 January, Flemington, the acting manager, took a benefit, as did Montague the ballet-master on 10 February 1816. On 20 February, Miss Shaw gave a comic ballet "Love in a Tub," performed by Montague, Parker, Atkins, Flemmington, Ferzi, and the Misses Shaw. Sga. Serappina Ferzi danced on the tight-rope.[1]
- ↑ John C. Greene, Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances, vol. 6 (2011, p. 4120).