The Masque
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Masque", also known as "The Mask" and "Hey to the Camp", "The Praties are Dug and the<br> Frost is all Over", "What Would I do if the Kettle Boiled Over" or "What Would You do if You<br> Married a Soldier?" is an English "Old Hornpipe" in C Major. The parts are played AABB.<br> The melody was printed in the second supplement to the 7th edition of Playford's<br> Dancing Master (1688) and again in the 9th edition (1698). A more elaborate version in D major<br> was printed in the 17th edition of the Dancing Master (1721). It was also titled "Hey to the<br> Camp" and was printed under both titles in editions 11 to 16. <br> The title refers to the masque, a form of festive courtly entertainment the heyday of which<br> was in the 16th and early 17th centuries in England and elsewhere in Europe. It consisted of<br> dancing, singing and acting within an elaborate stage or set design and typically were<br> occasions for reveling at festive events, such as weddings and Christmas celebrations.<br> Professional actors and singers would often be hired for the masque, but supplemented by<br> costumed guests and courtiers. In some sense, the masques were the gentrified outgrowth of the<br> medieval pageants and courtly shows of the late middle ages and were the counterpart to the<br> lower classes pace-egging plays (similar to the medieval mystery plays) and morris dances.<br> However, by Playford's time the masque was going out of fashion in England, to be replaced the<br> semi-opera of Dryden and Purcell. <br> It was printed in Barlow's The Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master<br> (1985).<br>
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