Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on October 11th 2007 by dafydd.
This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Blowzabella
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:d2c BAG|c2A B2G|d2c BAG|A2D G3:|
|:g2d BGB|cAc BAG|g2d BGB|1ADF G3:|2ADF G2A||
|:BAB cBc|d3 d2c|BcB ABA|1 G3 G2A:|2G3 G3||
|:g2G g2G|ABA B2G|g2G g2G|1 ABA G3:|2ABA G2A||
The Man In The Brown Hat reminded me of this,the old English tune that Blowzabella took as their name.Not one of the deathless tunes,just fun to play.
# Posted on October 11th 2007 by dafydd
An old tune.An extract from "Some Account Of The English Stage" by John Genest,published in 1832,discussing D'Urfey's play "The Rise and Fall of Massaniello",1699
"D'Urfey begins with the breaking out of the insurrection—
in the 3d act, Blowzabella, Massaniello's
wife, enters awkwardly dressed in the Duchess of
Mataloni's jewels—the Duchess is brought in in a
mean habit—Massaniello falls in love with the Duchess —
Blowzabella takes a fancy to the Prince of Bissig-
nano—a bandit shoots a pistol at Massaniello, but
misses him—Perone and the other banditti are carried
off—the Duke of Mataloni assumes the disguise
of a bandit—in the last scene of the 5th act, he
contrives to carry off the Duchess.
In the 2d part, there is a scene in the Cathedral,
according to the history—Blowzabella gives an entertainment
to the Vice-Queen &c.—Massaniello resumes ....."
# Posted on October 11th 2007 by dafydd
Blowzabella modes
This gets played in various modes. For instance the same notes can be played with one flat instead of one sharp, putting the tune into G dorian.
# Posted on October 15th 2007 by LowProfile