Annotation:Pleyel's Whim
X:1 T:Pleyel's Hornpipe M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe Q:"Allegro" B:Thomas Wilson - Companion to the Ball Room (1816, p. 127) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G>AB>c d>Bc>e|d2B2G4|F>GA>B c>AB>G|A2 {^c}d2 D4| G>AB>c d>Bc>e|d2g2 b4|a>ba>g f>ga>f|g2g2g2z2|| g>fg>d B2B2|d>^cd>B G2G2|F>GA>B c>AB>G|A2 {^c}d2 D4| g>fg>d B2B2|d>^cd>B G2G2|e>fg>e f>ga>f|g2g2g2||
PLEYEL'S WHIM. AKA - "Pleyel's Hornpipe," "Pleyel's Rondo." AKA and see "Duke of York's Favourite." English, Reel or Hornpipe; Irish, Hornpipe. England, North-West. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. An early printing of the tune was in London publisher John Preston's Entire New and Compleat Instructions for the Fife (c. 1796, p. 29), as "Pleyel's Rondo" (there were other parts to the Rondo beside the duple-time section; there was a 3/8 time section as well). It seems the tune known as "Pleyel's Hornpipe" or "Pleyel's Whim" was adapted as a dance tune from classical composer Ignaz Pleyel's longer Rondo.
As "Pleyel's Rondo, or The Duke of York's Favourite", the tune was entered into the large 19th century music manuscript collection of prosperous Nova Scotia dairy farmer, miller and fiddler James Barry.
