Annotation:Wedding Polka (1) (The)
X:2 T:Wedding Polka [1], The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Polka S:Hardy Family music manuscript collection (Dorset, England) K:D F|AG (E/^D/E/G/)|BA fF|AG eE|GF dF| AG ((3E/^D/E/G/)|BA fF|AG fe|ddd:| K:A z|cE c/d/e|dF Bz|Be B/c/d |cE A2| Gc A/G/F|Gf e/^d/c|Aa ^d/e/f|eee =d| cE c/d/e|dF B2|BE B/c/d|cE A2| cE c/d/e|ff f/g/a|ee d/c/B|AAA!D.C.!||
WEDDING POLKA [1], THE. English, Polka (2/4 time). England, Dorset. D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Wedding Polka [1]" is one of a number of melodies that carry this title from the mid-19th century onwards. However, it is not unique to the music manuscript collection of the mid-19th century Hardy family of Dorset, southwest England (whose most famous member was novelist Thomas Hardy). A rather elaborate version with a Trio, perhaps copied directly from sheet music, was entered into the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of piper and fiddler Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) of Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. (Grier, Book 1, No. 8).
