Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, The

Jig · 6/8 · D minor

The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is an ancient English folk tune of uncertain origin traditionally associated with the famous annual horn dance performed in Staffordshire. Played in six-eight meter and D minor, the lively jig possesses a distinctly rustic and archaic character well suited to accompanying the ritual procession of dancers carrying reindeer antlers. Although its exact historical beginnings and original composer remain lost to time, references to the custom trace back at least to the late sixteenth century.

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