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This tune was written by the last court jester in England for his play hurlothrumbo which ran in the west end for 52 weeks, he was jester at gawsworth hall in cheshire Wngland his fiddle hangs on the wall inside the great hall, and his grave is in a nearby wood. Apparwntly he often played tunes while stood on stilts and telling jokes at the same time, I went to visit the hall yesterday, hope my rwndition of his tune would make him pleased. The une itself would have been repeated over and over while his play went on.
Learned this this morning about ten minutes ago, goin to uploaad an image of the hall later, Elisazbeth fitton came from there and ia spposed to be the dark lady of Shakespeares sonnets.
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@stringy -
Quite a joyful tune - loved the history info!
Thanks for sharing it on your fiddle!
Have a particular reason you'd rather share your playing in 'genre' instead of the 'Share a video of yourself playing'? I was just curious.
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Too be honest, I actually thought it may interest you personally, especially as you cant get more English than a court jester, they composed most of the music from this period. Jester in those days meant entertainer, Johnson for instance was a musician as well as a dancing master , wit, and playright. This one was adapted as an English country dance. His name Maggoty means he had lots of thoughts and ideas in his head.
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Thank you, this makes sense.
Definitely interesting to me, so I read more at Wikipedia.
Great to find Samuel Johnson (my Mother's maiden name) was quite multi-talented & lived to a ripe old age!
During the last 30 years of his life, Johnson retired to the village of Gawsworth, near Macclesfield, where he was known under the nicknames Maggoty or Fiddler Johnson.
Johnson died at Gawsworth New Hall on 5 May 1773, aged 82, and was buried in a wood nearby. The wood is still known as Maggoty Wood and reputed to be haunted by his ghost.
...guess it's time to play some more Maggots!
I do like English tunes - still play at least one every week.
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