Daphne
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
Also known as "Hit and Miss".<br> The air was published by Playford in the first edition of<br> The English Dancing Master (1651) and retained in the next two<br> editions in 1652 and 1657, after which it appeared in<br> The Dancing Master as "Daphne or The Shepherdess" (through the<br> 8th edition of 1690). <br> "Daphne" was older than Playford and appears to have been the<br> tune for a 17th century ballad based on the ancient Greek myth,<br> retold by Hellenistic and Roman authors regarding Apollo's<br> pursuit of the nymph Daphne, who escaped only by turning herself<br> into a tree. The melody was a great favorite in Elizabethan times,<br> along with others found in Playford; "Heart's Ease", "Greenwood" and<br> "Woodycock". "Daphne" also appears in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book<br> (with variations by composer Giles Farnaby), Adriaen Valerius'<br> Nederlandtsche Gedenck-clanck (1626), J.J. Starter's Friesche<br> Lust-Hof (1621), Jacob van Eyk's Fluyten Lust-Hof (1654, as "Doen Daphne")<br> and Forbes' Songs and Fancies (1666). Words to the tune can be<br> found in the Roxburghe Collection, Giles Earle's Song-book (1626) and<br> Deloney's Royal Garland of Love and Delight (1674).<br> It was recorded on The English Country Dancing Master by The Telemann Society.<br>
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