31 Jul
2023
31 Jul
'23
6:04 p.m.
On 2023-07-30 11:52 p.m., Amy Wimmer via Contra Callers wrote:
I'm pretty sure that Claude Ginsberg's tune,
Oddville Cupola, is AABBCC.
Erik Weberg wrote his dance, "Ad Vielle," specifically to go with that tune,
though the dance is written in the usual AABB format.
'Oddville Cupola' is actually AABBCCDD. Yup, 64 bars.
So any standard-format contra dance will 'fit',
you just go twice through the dance for once through the tune.
It's track 2 on KGB's "Volga Notions" album.
The notes say:
The most striking architectural feature in Coon Rapids, Iowa,
is the large cupola, visible for miles. Claude heard this tune
while slogging up the 764 steps to the cupola apex.
However, I suspect they're kidding.
Mike Richardson wrote a double-length English dance to go with the tune.
It's called "Cupid All Do Love", an anagram of the tune name.
-Michael