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Money Musk
"Money Musk" (/ˈmʌnɪ mʌsk/), alternatively spelled "Monymusk" or other variations, is a country dance first published in 1785. It was named after a 1776 strathspey by Daniel Dow which is played to accompany it, which itself was named after the House of Monymusk baronial estate. The dance features a central theme of reoriented lines, and is regarded as moderately difficult. It is still widely danced today, and is considered a traditional "chestnut".
There are multiple similar but not identical variations. The earliest recorded version, from 1785, is as follows:
The dance is done in triple minor, proper (the figures are done within subsets of three couples, with all men (or people dancing the men's role) beginning on the left and women (or people dancing the women's role) on the right when facing the music).
Many variations of the dance exist, including contra and Scottish country dance versions.
The dance was first published in 1786. The name derives from the House of Monymusk, a baronial estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The estate's name came from the Gaelic moine mus(g)ach, meaning "nasty, filthy bog".
After initial publication, it spread rapidly, including to North America by 1792. In the 19th century, the dance was done using a 32-bar sequence. Variations solidified into a common form by the middle of that century. Beginning at some point (possibly the 1870s, according to Ralph Page), it was gradually changed to a 24-bar sequence, requiring the figures to be danced more rapidly and the phrasing to change. Particularly, the forward and back was compressed from eight beats to four, which has led to disagreement about whether it should be a balance.
The dance appeared in Henry Ford's Good Morning (1926). It was danced continuously throughout the 20th century, including in the second folk revival in the 1960s, and became regarded as a traditional "chestnut" dance.
In 2009, a "Bring Back Money Musk" campaign to revive the dance was begun by David Smukler and David Millstone. On March 14 of that year, it was danced quasi-simultaneously by more than 1300 dancers in 22 locations across four countries. It has seen more active use since.
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Money Musk
"Money Musk" (/ˈmʌnɪ mʌsk/), alternatively spelled "Monymusk" or other variations, is a country dance first published in 1785. It was named after a 1776 strathspey by Daniel Dow which is played to accompany it, which itself was named after the House of Monymusk baronial estate. The dance features a central theme of reoriented lines, and is regarded as moderately difficult. It is still widely danced today, and is considered a traditional "chestnut".
There are multiple similar but not identical variations. The earliest recorded version, from 1785, is as follows:
The dance is done in triple minor, proper (the figures are done within subsets of three couples, with all men (or people dancing the men's role) beginning on the left and women (or people dancing the women's role) on the right when facing the music).
Many variations of the dance exist, including contra and Scottish country dance versions.
The dance was first published in 1786. The name derives from the House of Monymusk, a baronial estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The estate's name came from the Gaelic moine mus(g)ach, meaning "nasty, filthy bog".
After initial publication, it spread rapidly, including to North America by 1792. In the 19th century, the dance was done using a 32-bar sequence. Variations solidified into a common form by the middle of that century. Beginning at some point (possibly the 1870s, according to Ralph Page), it was gradually changed to a 24-bar sequence, requiring the figures to be danced more rapidly and the phrasing to change. Particularly, the forward and back was compressed from eight beats to four, which has led to disagreement about whether it should be a balance.
The dance appeared in Henry Ford's Good Morning (1926). It was danced continuously throughout the 20th century, including in the second folk revival in the 1960s, and became regarded as a traditional "chestnut" dance.
In 2009, a "Bring Back Money Musk" campaign to revive the dance was begun by David Smukler and David Millstone. On March 14 of that year, it was danced quasi-simultaneously by more than 1300 dancers in 22 locations across four countries. It has seen more active use since.