Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on April 22nd 2007 by Falkbeer.
This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.
Also known as Kemp's, Kemp's Jegg, Will Kemp's, Will Kemp's Jig.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Kemp's Jig
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
f>g fe | d>e dc | BA Bc | d4 |
f/e/f/g/ fe |d/c/d/e/ dc | BA B/A/B/c/ | d4 |
~fa ~fa |fa/g/~f2 | eg eg |ed/=c/ B^c |
dA FA |dA/G/ FA |BA Bc | d4 |
fa f/g/a | fa/g/ f/e/d |eg e/=f/g | ed/=c/ B^c |
dA F/>G/ A | d/A/B/A/ F/>G/ A | BA B/A/B/c/ | d4 |]
Kemp´s "Jig"
This tune is strangely enough called Kemp´s jig even though it doesn´t actually is a jig by modern definitions. And to make things even worse it´s uploaded here as a polka to fit the right time! It´s from the 16th century and perhaps defenition of a jig the was wider then it is today - nice catchy tune anyhow!
# Posted on April 22nd 2007 by Falkbeer
Shakesreare's Clown
Will Kemp lost a bet and had to jig between two towns in England. This piece (perhaps by John Dowland) commemorates this. Kemp was Shakespeare's favorite clown and premiered some of his greatest roles, esp the fool in Lear.
# Posted on April 22nd 2007 by Plunkett.mi
Kemp's Jig
Will Kemp danced from London to Norwich (apparently?) the jig he danced was presumably a Morris Jig or solo Morris dance.
# Posted on April 22nd 2007 by alexboydell
Alternative version of Kemp´s jig
X:1
T:23a. Kemp’s Jig
C:anonymous (John Dowland?) 1595
R:jig
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:D
f3g f2e2 | d3e d2c2| B2A2 B2c2 | d4 d4|
fefg f2e2 | dcde d2c2 | B2A2 BABc | d4 d4 |
~f2a2 ~f2a2 | f2ag ~f4 | e2g2 e2g2 | e2d=c B2^c2 |
d2A2 F2A2 | d2AG FGA2 | B2A2 B2c2 | d4 d4 |]
# Posted on April 23rd 2007 by Falkbeer
Kemp's Nine Daies Wonder
Will Kemp, second in comedy only to Dick Tarleton in his day, actually took more than nine days to dance from London to Norwich, but only because he paused to rest between stages. The days of dancing were indeed nine, and he tells the whole tale in his own words:
http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/kemp.html
I have mapped the approximate route of his journey on Google Maps
# Posted on August 19th 2008 by Kittybriton
Kemp's - Original Score
This tune was appeared in John Playford's "The English Dancing Master, published in 1651.
A facsimile of this publication is available at:
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/playford_1651/
And this particular tune at:
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/playford_1651/032small.html
# Posted on August 19th 2008 by Mix O'Lydian