Hello Matt
Firstly, many thanks to you and other kind bods for letting me know
the thing got through and to Wayne for explaining the problem.
I have to stress it isn't me but rather the etymologists at the OED who
are suggesting that rant in terms of dance & music has a possible
Anthony
I can't offer any clarification, and I am more fascinated by your
descriptions of the dance steps and the rhythm of the music than the
word used to describe them, though it's evidently a potent word with
many meanings.
As for 'Shield's Hornpipe', I do not know if there i
On 13 Jul 2011, Matt Seattle wrote:
> The tune appears under the Morpeth Rant
>title in the 18th c. I am unaware of anyone having connected it with Wm
>Shield's own writings - does anyone know otherwise?
This is my understanding also tho' I think I have seen it elsewhere than Clough
c
