Gambols

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Gambols
Classification
GenreEnglish country dance
FormationFour couples longways
Difficultychallenging
Tempobrisk
Characterlively
Key A major
Choreography
ChoreographerJenna Simpson
Year2011/2014
Published inUnder the Influence
Music
TitleThe Shepherd and Shepherdess
Year1799
Published inThompson's twenty-four country dances for the year 1799

Gambols is an English country dance created by Jenna Simpson for four couples.

Contents

Tune

The dance is set to a tune published as "The Shepherd and Shepherdess" in a 1799 collection by Thompson, a publisher based in St Paul's Churchyard. [1] [2] [3] An earlier collection published by John Johnson, a publisher located on Cheapside and facing Bow Church, includes the same tune under the same name. [1] [4] [5]

Gambols

Dance

Jenna Simpson originally devised the dance in 2011, revised it in 2014, and published it in a collection of dances titled Under the Influence in 2017. [1] [6] [7] The dance is composed for four couples longways. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hume, Colin (n.d.) [last updated 17 January 2025]. "Gambols". 4-Couple Dances. Instructions & Music. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "The Shepherd and the Shepherdess". Thompson's twenty-four country dances for the year 1799. With figures to each as they are performed at court, Bath & all publick assemblys. London: Thompson. 1799. p. 34. OCLC   1323170155.
  3. ↑ Kidson, Frank (1900). "Johnson, John". British music publishers, printers and engravers: London, Provincial, Scottish, and Irish. From Queen Elizabeth's reign to George the Fourth's, with select bibliographical lists of musical works printed and published within that period. London: W. E. Hill & Sons. pp. 66–68. OCLC   5189429 . Retrieved 6 March 2025– via the Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ "The Shepherd and the Shepherdess". Two hundred favourite country dances: perform'd at court, Bath, Tunbridge, Scarborough, & most public places, with directions for dancing; each tune set for the violin & German flute. Vol. 8. London: Printed for John Johnson. c. 1750. VWMLDanceTuneIndex/DT72481. Archived from the original on 1 March 2025 – via EFDSS.
  5. ↑ Kidson, Frank (1900). "Thompson, Peter, and his Successors". British music publishers, printers and engravers: London, Provincial, Scottish, and Irish. From Queen Elizabeth's reign to George the Fourth's, with select bibliographical lists of musical works printed and published within that period. London: W. E. Hill & Sons. pp. 125–130. OCLC   5189429 . Retrieved 6 March 2025– via the Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ Williams, George (2024). "Gambols". Country Dances: Ancient & Modern. Archived from the original on 7 March 2025.
  7. ↑ Simpson, Jenna (2017). "Gambols". Under the Influence: A Book of Dances by Jenna Simpson. Music notated and chorded by Dave Wiesler. OCLC   1119724602.
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