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Issue 1657: Discrepancy between music type and recommended music

Object
Diana's Delight (Dance)
Submitter
Iain Boyd
Assigned to
Viktor Lehmann
Priority
Normal
Disposition
Fixed
Description

The music type is set to Jig. However the recommended music is “The Princess Royal” - which is a Reel!

I have checked John Mitchell’s 16th Whetherly Book and have discovered the following -

The Contents and dance details at the top of the instructions state that the dance is a jig. However, the recommended tune with the instructions is “The Princess Royal”!

I suggest that John made a mistake when he prepared Book 16 for publication.

Should we go on the basis of the Contents and dance details or on the recommended tune?

At the time John would have published Book 16 the only recorded music with 28 bar phrasing was “The Princess Royal”.

The only other 28 bar jig dances that John published are in Book 24 - his last collection of dances extracted from the early country dance books.

Hence, I am inclined to believe that John made a mistake and this dance should be a Reel!

Regards,

Iain Boyd

Previous Actions

  • Date  March 12, 2019, 4:37 a.m.
  • User  Unknown

New issue submitted

  • Date  March 12, 2019, 11:33 p.m.
  • User  Murrough Landon (murrough)

Disposition changed to »Needs help« (previously »New«)

Maybe others should comment on this one.

For the moment I will just add a note in the extra info pointing to your research in this issue.

  • Date  Jan. 20, 2023, 9:52 p.m.
  • User  Viktor Lehmann (tone2tone)

Assigned changed to »tone2tone« (previously »None«)

Thanks for this input. I will liaise with Alison, John’s daughter, as to what to do. We are getting closer of re-editing book 16 now, so this is a valid point. Will come back to you.

  • Date  Jan. 21, 2023, 1 p.m.
  • User  Alison Mitchell (AMWMitchell)

Without looking into too much detail, I would tend to agree that this is likely a mistake and the dance could be changed to a Reel to match the recommended music.

  • Date  Jan. 21, 2023, 2:11 p.m.
  • User  Viktor Lehmann (tone2tone)

Disposition changed to »Fixed« (previously »Needs help«)

Thanks Iain. I have changed our database entry to Reel. Alison and I are very sure that this is a mistake, too. I left a note with the dance about this matter, and we will leave a note in WB 16 once we get to it for the re-publishing process and make the change there too.