Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on November 2nd 2002 by Trevor Jennings.
This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.
Also known as Blackberry Quadrille.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Blackberry Quadrille, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
a2a ba^g|a2f d2f|e2c Afg|fdB Afg|
a2a ba^g|a2f d2f|e2c ABc|1 dfe d3:|2 dfe d||
|:FG|A2B G2A|F2A def|g2e c2e|dfe dcB|
A2B G2A|F2A def|g2e ABc|1 d2f d:|2 d2f d3||
This tune comes from an old collection of New England fiddle music.
-m
# Posted on November 5th 2002 by Trevor Jennings
Quadrilles
Quadrilles, or dances in square formation of four couples facing each other, evolved in France and became popular in Britain, Ireland and America in the 19th century. It was first danced publicly in Dublin in 1816. It is possible that quadrilles were brought back to Ireland by soldiers returning from the Napoleonic wars. The Irish dancing masters increased the speed to that of Irish dances of the time and modified the dance with native Irish dance steps.
(this information is from Larry Lynch's "Set Dances of Ireland")
-m
# Posted on November 7th 2002 by Trevor Jennings
"New England Fiddler's Repertoire" ~ Randy Miller & Jack Perron
1983 / 2nd edition 2003
Page 20: "Blackberry Quadrille"
http://www.randymillerprints.com/
http://www.randymillerprints.com/fiddletunebooks.htm
2003 Second Edition:
"First published in 1983, the new revised and illustrated edition marks the 20th anniversary of publication."
~ also their publication:
"Irish Traditional Fiddle Music"
# Posted on November 26th 2005 by ceolachan