This setting is not suitable to dance morris dances to. Search for specific tunes at john chambers excellent site abc tune finder or at the test site. The black nag playford, 1657 yamaha plastic sopranino. The emphasis is on instrumental folk music specifically, contra dance tunes, although some links also include other types of folk music or classical music. Yes, you should use english tunes for morris dancing. If you are reading this document, it is probably because you are a musician or potential musician for a morris dance team. Morris dance tunes by sharp, cecil james, 18591924. Leafield was called fieldtown by the collector cecil sharpe, and the group of dances from that village are today known in morris circles as fieldtown dances.
Morris dance online book by cecil sharp table of contents. These tunes are from a wide range of traditions that come from the cotswolds. Each tune has a link to a youtube video for you to see it performed. There are now hundreds of thousands of abc tunes available online from several hundred tune collections. Australianborn composer percy grainger arranged the tune for piano in. You can search most of these collections or browse the titles with the abc tune search. Written for our ceilidh cohorts, the big phat american klee band.
Davy, davy, knick, knack english generation d whistle. If you want morris dance tunes they are all available on the morris ring website. Tune collections on the internet bite your own elbow. John kirkpatrick is in full control with 27 wonderful morris dance tunes. If the dance is a processional, pairs of dancers join the ends of the columns and the dance moves in the up direction. One of the best recordings of english costwolds morris dance music is available in this release. Douglas wagner has made use of holsts charismatic style in these four spirited dance tunes which now each include a brief introduction that also serves as an interlude for this throughplayed work. The particular form of the dance in this region, an area comprising oxfordshire and the adjacent counties, typically involved six. From the playing of the fiddler of the bidford morris dancers 1906, j.
The normal formation for a morris dance is 6 dancers in two columns of 3 with numbering as shown right. Morris is an english dance tradition, although it has spread to other countries in recent years including the usa. Marys parish church in shrewsbury in 1584 and an amazing. The number 1 dancer leads the dance and calls the next chorus figure as the preceding figure is coming to an end. Twelfth night songsheets if youre coming on twelfth night, followers are encouraged to join in the singing of the traditional songs printed sheets are available on the night or download them now. The documents are supplied as adobe pdfs, which will open in a new window.
We come from the village of shinfield, on the outskirts of reading in the royal county of berkshire, england. This page lists the collections and links to their websites, categorised as follows. The traditional instruments for playing morris dance tunes was the 3hole pipe and tabor and there is a painting of richmond park in surrey which shows morris dancers being accompanied by this combination. Tideswell processional morris set 2 blueeyed stranger the maid of the mill the old. Here you can see a collection of printable sheet music for a variety of tunes that we play, either for dances or more likely in the pub sessions following our performances. A cd with 15 tunes, played by williamson, is included for demonstration. Morris dance is a form of english folk dance usually accompanied by music. Some tunes may be in keys other than what is currently popular. Spring grove morris men of kingston dance repertoire. Some of the earliest accounts of a border morris tradition are provided by e. Focusing on morris dance as practiced in the cotswolds, john kirkpatrick has here crafted an album of traditional morris music without recourse to electrification the ultimate curse of the albion band. Check out headington morris morris dance tunes by anon on amazon music.
English morris dance tune set for piano using 4 variants, collected by cecil j. We enjoy dancing at festivals of all descriptions and at fetes and pubs. Let me know if you would like a collection included on this page. Westlin winds scottish tony dixon tuneable plastic flute. Free of charge, however, you might like to make a contribution or consider buying one of my other publications in order to help me continue my work. We entertain at schools, hospitals and residential. Morris dancing has been part of english culture and tradition for more than five centuries and still flourishes today in all parts of the uk. An abc library of morris tunes 140 tunes from steve allens morris site. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers, usually wearing bell pads on their shins. Traditional english dance tune this morris dance tune comes from the village of leafield, oxfordshire, in englands cotswolds.
This list of dances forms the basic repertoire from which the the spring grove morris men select their programme for a stand, and the pdf at the bottom of this page is compilation of tune scores put together by sue benson. Bagpipe music tunes download, recordings and sheet music. These are the principal traditions danced by seabright. The remaining selection of tunes is inspired by the favorite dances of other teams in. In addition many morris sides have produced cds of their music and are even known to sing. Pdf scottish fiddle tunes download full pdf book download. A wide selection of morris tunes, with past and present musicians, can now be found on the compilation cds the magic of morris.
Leafield was called fieldtown by the collector cecil sharpe, and the group of dances from that village are. The dances are intended to be displayed to an audience and, nowadays, performances occur throughout the year by enthusiasts focused on keeping the dance traditions alive. Thomas lewis source guide to the music of percy grainger. The old image files may be useful if you cant display pdf, but the best current source of music, as well as dances is a comprehensive pdf booklet thanks richard.
Four morris dance tunes generation d whistle blueeyed stranger idbury hill go and list for a sailor. Shakespeare songs and tunes for the 2019 winter warmer. Headington morris morris dance tunes by anon on amazon. Roy dommett was a morris dancer for about fifty years and collector of dances in addition to being an actual rocket scientist. We have scanned into pdf format original editions of cecil sharps publications printed in 1912. By 1900 the practice of morris dancing in a traditional context was almost defunct in the south midlands region of england, after more than three centuries during which it had been a widespread element in working class cultural activity 1. Border morris is a collection of individual local dances from villages along the english side of the wales england border in the counties of herefordshire, worcestershire and shropshire. He collected dances, he wrote up notes, he wrote articles about morris dancing. The remaining selection of tunes is inspired by the favorite dances of other teams in the sf bay area. It is a breathtaking classic recording originally made in by topic records in 1976. Traditional english morris dance tune country gardens is one of the many english folk tunes that was collected and notated by british folk tune revivalist, cecil j. Jun 07, 2019 shinfield shambles welsh border morris shinfield shambles is a morris side, dancing in the welsh border style. Cecil sharps original piano arrangements of english country dance and morris tunes from playfords the english dancing master. This means that musicians are an essential part of any morris team.
Set 1 brighton camp galopede the ribbon dance the butterfly we wont go home speed the plough pop goes the weasle the flowers of edinburgh over the hills to glory set 2 nancys fancy. Here you can see a collection of printable sheet music for a variety of tunes that we. Morris dances definition of morris dances by the free. England has a rich heritage of traditional dance and the ritual element as opposed to social dance is often referred to as morris dancing. For each traditional village see list in the left sidebar or click here if using a smart phone, tunes are given in abc notation, the score in pdf format and a simple mp3 file of the melody. Listen to songs by brian peters on myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share. A quick browse shows that i have just about everything for adderbury and much of bledington. Dance repertoire this list of dances forms the basic repertoire from which the the spring grove morris men select their programme for a stand, and the pdf at the bottom of this page is compilation of tune scores put together by sue benson. And well dance an idle hour away dance in the garden, dance on the lea to a morris music light and free greenly call the rushes budding is the willow spring now is here and all is fair and she rides on the south wind sweet and warm with may and a wreathe of hawthornes deck her hair why not dance when happy songs resound in the trees and. Energetic, entertaining and sometimes highly amusing, one of the best results of the 1970s morris boom in the u. Cleveland hills, an original air sweetone d whistle. Morris dance piano solo download sheet music pdf file. Holsts charismatic style is utilized in these four spirited dance tunes, each with an added brief introduction which also serves as an interlude for this throughplayed work. Their origins are unkown, but there are thought to be pagan elements in them.
Shinfield shambles welsh border morris shinfield shambles is a morris side, dancing in the welsh border style. Australianborn composer percy grainger arranged the tune for piano in 1918 as a birthday gift for his mother, rose. This was a village dance done in winter for fun and a bit of money. Banbury bill is a morris dance tune from the bampton tradition of cotswold morris. All in a garden green newcastle the ploughboy greensleeves welsh morris dance lady owens delight the bonny grey waterloo hornpipe sweet molly welcome whiskey back again my darling asleep back of the haggard carolans farewell and more. Freaks in the peaks border morris dancing the tunes. A handbook of morris dances the purpose of these pages is to provide details of each of the tunes in lionel bacons a handbook of morris dances. Tunes for morris dances and sessions here you can see a collection of printable sheet music for a variety of tunes that we play, either for dances or more likely in the pub sessions following our performances. Six folk arrangements for youth ensembles photograph. Note that the tunes we dance to might differ from these. There is reference to questions about any disguised persons, as morice dancers, maskers, or mumers to st. Four morris dance tunes generation d whistle blueeyed stranger idbury hill go and list for a sailor the ladies pleasure. Morris dance download free sheet music and scores scorser. This is a library of morris tunes as used by dances in the traditions of a number.