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Definition of Hornpipe

Hornpipe
Hornpipe Horn"pipe`, n. (Mus.) (a) An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn. (b) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing. Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis. --Sir W. Raleigh. (c) A dance performed, usually by one person, to such a tune, and popular among sailors.

Meaning of Hornpipe from wikipedia

- The hornpipe is any of several dance forms pla**** and danced in Britain and Ireland and elsewhere from the 16th century until the present day. The earliest...
- The Sailor's Hornpipe (also known as The College Hornpipe and Jack's the Lad) is a traditional hornpipe melody and linked dance with origins in the Royal...
- The hornpipe can refer to a specific instrument or a class of woodwind instruments consisting of a single reed, a large diameter melody pipe with finger...
- The Hornpipe Heights (69°51′S 70°36′W / 69.850°S 70.600°W / -69.850; -70.600) are a group of partly exposed ridges rising to about 1,200 metres (4,000 ft)...
- the Baroque era was the "Hornpipe" from Handel's Water Music (1733). Christopher Hogwood (2005, p. 37) describes the Hornpipe as “possibly the most memorable...
- Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred, sometimes shortened to Hornpipe, is an arrangement for six...
- Blackbird (hornpipe), Job of the Journeywork (hornpipe), Garden of Daises (hornpipe), St. Patrick's Day (treble jig), King of the Fairies (hornpipe). These...
- for an 18th-century pirate, and part of his repertoire is "The Trumpet Hornpipe" (the Captain Pugwash theme). He was portra**** with a Home Counties accent...
- George Washington's favorite performer, he was famous for dancing the hornpipe, a lively, jiglike solo exhibition so called because it was originally...
- may also refer to: The Sailor's Hornpipe, also known as The College Hornpipe and Jack's the Lad, a traditional hornpipe melody JLS, an English boy band...