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(New page: '''Double Lead Through''' Originally a French tune, written by Charles Lecoq and included in his production 'La fille de Madame Angot' which was produced in Paris and London in 1783. It ...)
 
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Originally a French tune, written by Charles Lecoq and included in his three act opéra-comique 'La fille de Madame Angot' which was first produced in Brussels at the Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisienneson the 4 December 1872The piece caused a sensation in Britain where it ran for a consecutive five-hundred nights and then appeared in London in a various forms as well as being extensively toured.  Made famous more recently in England from the version which Cecil Sharp collected from William Kimber at Headington Quarry.  It is still a great favourite with the French, and is still, apparently, played almost continuously in the Asterix theme park, south of Paris.  (Hugh Rippon)
 
 
Originally a French tune, written by Charles Lecoq and included in his production 'La fille de Madame Angot' which was produced in Paris and London in 1783It was a great success and ran for a consecutive five-hundred nights.  Made famous more recently in England from the version which Cecil Sharp collected from William Kimber at Headington Quarry.  It is still a great favourite with the French, and is still, apparently, played almost continuously in the Asterix theme park, south of Paris.  (Hugh Rippon)
 

Revision as of 10:09, 4 March 2009

Originally a French tune, written by Charles Lecoq and included in his three act opéra-comique 'La fille de Madame Angot' which was first produced in Brussels at the Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisienneson the 4 December 1872. The piece caused a sensation in Britain where it ran for a consecutive five-hundred nights and then appeared in London in a various forms as well as being extensively toured. Made famous more recently in England from the version which Cecil Sharp collected from William Kimber at Headington Quarry. It is still a great favourite with the French, and is still, apparently, played almost continuously in the Asterix theme park, south of Paris. (Hugh Rippon)