The Lancers
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Lancers", also known as "Les Lanciers" began as a 18th century quadrille<br> composed by Polish violinist Felix Janiewicz (1762 - 1848). It became quite<br> fashionable in the late 19th century, was favored in 1856 by Eugenie, wife of<br> Napoleon III and hailed as a step in the "right direction" toward better<br> taste in the dances (quadrilles). <br> "The Lancers Quadrille" was full of grace, with its salutes and its bows,<br> its slow and solemn movements. Like the French Quadrille, it was much<br> prettier than the American Quadrille, which was more lively, and animated, that<br> it was not easily adopted in formal salons. It consisted of a set of five dances in<br> square dance form. The five 'tours' of "Les Lanciers" were:<br> La Dorset<br> La Victoria<br> Les Moulinets<br> Les Visites<br> Les Lanciers<br> There were many imitations and variations developed as the popularity of the<br> dance spread. An Internet search will turn up a number of these variations.<br> The version here is the one played by Paul Van Arsdale who learned this from his<br> grandfather Jesse Martin. The C part is different the original which was<br> harmonically unsuited to the hammered dulcimer and was probably paraphrased by<br> Martin. The first two parts are pretty close to the fifth dance of the original<br> Lancers set.<br> I have made a few further modifications to avoid some hammered dulcimer idioms.<br>
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