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  2. Hornpipe - Wikipedia

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    Country Dance Hornpipe (a modern rendition of Purcell's Hornpipe "Hole in the Wall" (1698) in Playford's Dancing Master) (accessed 14 May 2009) Barockmusik: "Alla Hornpipe" (excerpt from Handel's Water Music) (accessed 14 May 2009) Newer 4 4 hornpipes: Lancashire Clog Dance (accessed 11 March 2011) Irish Step Dance: Hornpipe (accessed 11 March ...

  3. Water Music - Wikipedia

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    The Water Music (German: Wassermusik) is a collection of orchestral movements, often published as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered on 17 July 1717, in response to King George I 's request for a concert on the River Thames .

  4. Syncopation - Wikipedia

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    One of the best-known examples of syncopation in music from the Baroque era was the "Hornpipe" from Handel's Water Music (1733). "Hornpipe" from Water Music "Hornpipe" from Water Music. Christopher Hogwood (2005, p. 37) describes the Hornpipe as “possibly the most memorable movement in the collection, combining instrumental brilliance and ...

  5. Wikipedia : Featured sound candidates/Handel Water Music

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    This set of sound files is the entire Water Music Suite in D Major by George Frideric Handel. It is a good quality set, and it also has one very famous movement, II. Alla Hornpipe. This sound file appears in Water Music (Handel). Nominate and support. X clamation point 04:06, 7 January 2009 (UTC) Please give the details of the recording.

  6. Hornpipe (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The Basque alboka, a type of hornpipe. The pibgorn, a Welsh hornpipe. The pepa, an Assamese hornpipe. The hornpipe can refer to a specific instrument or a class of woodwind instruments consisting of a single reed, a large diameter melody pipe with finger holes and a bell traditionally made from animal horn.

  7. List of compositions by Henry Purcell - Wikipedia

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    Z 577, Incidental Music, Distressed Innocence or The Princess of Persia (1694) – [There are two alternative movement listings for the Suite] Movement 1, Overture; Suite Movement 2, Air (or Jig) Movement 3, Slow Air (or Rondeau) Movement 4, Air; Movement 5, Hornpipe (or Minuet) Z 578, Incidental Music, Don Quixote (1694–95)

  8. Portsmouth (instrumental) - Wikipedia

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    "Portsmouth" is a traditional English folk dance tune, similar to an Irish or Scottish hornpipe melody. It is sometimes referred to as the "Portsmouth Hornpipe". "Portsmouth" appeared in the 11th edition of John Playford's The Dancing Master in 1701.

  9. The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as ...

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    The composition is an arrangement of a popular piece by Purcell, which was used by Purcell in at least two occasions: it was used as a hornpipe in the first music of The Fairy-Queen, Z 629, prior to the first act, in 1692, and in the incidental music for Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Z 587, in a song entitled "There is not a swain", in 1693 ...