Gambols

Gambols
Classification
Genre	English country dance
Formation	Four couples longways
Difficulty	challenging
Tempo	brisk
Character	lively
Key	A major
Choreography
Choreographer	Jenna Simpson
Year	2011/2014
Published in	Under the Influence
Music
Title	The Shepherd and Shepherdess
Year	1799
Published in	Thompson's twenty-four country dances for the year 1799

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

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. An earlier collection published by John Johnson, a publisher located on Cheapside and facing Bow Church, includes the same tune under the same name.

$\relative c'' { \numericTimeSignature \key a \major \time 2/4 \repeat volta 2 { % A cis16[ d e8] a,[ a'] | fis4 fis8[ a] | e8.[ fis16] e8[ cis] | b16[ b b8] b[ cis] | a8[ e~] e8[ b'16 cis] | d4 e16[ d cis b] | cis8[ e] b[ cis] | a16[ a a8] a4 } \repeat volta 2 { % B cis8[ a] d8[ b] | cis8[ a~] a[ b] | cis8[ a] e'[ cis] | b16[ b b8] b[ cis] | a8[ e~] e[ b'16 cis] | d4 e16[ d cis b] | cis8[ e] b8[ cis] | a16[ a a8] a4 } \repeat volta 2 { % C a'16[ gis fis gis] a8[ b] | a8[ gis] fis[ e] | cis16[ d e8] fis16[ gis a8] | a,8[ gis] fis[ e] | fis8[ d] d'[ b] | cis8[ a] d[ b] | cis8[ e] b8[ cis] | a16[ a a8] a4 } }$

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. The dance is composed for four couples longways.

References

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.
↑ "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.
↑ 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.
↑ "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.
↑ 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.
↑ Williams, George (2024). "Gambols". Country Dances: Ancient & Modern.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ Simpson, Jenna (2017). "Gambols". Under the Influence: A Book of Dances by Jenna Simpson. Music notated and chorded by Dave Wiesler. OCLC 1119724602.

External links

"Gambols" at www.cambridgefolk.org.uk
"Gambols (4-couple English Country Dance)" on YouTube

[ColinHume-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.

[Thompson1799-2] "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.

[JohnsonVol8-4] "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.

[GeorgeWilliams-6] Williams, George (2024). "Gambols". Country Dances: Ancient & Modern.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[7] Simpson, Jenna (2017). "Gambols". Under the Influence: A Book of Dances by Jenna Simpson. Music notated and chorded by Dave Wiesler. OCLC 1119724602.