Country: Hardsyssel & Randers, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in open circle facing in LOD, M stands to L of W, holding inside hands (MR/WL).
Sheet music: 358:233 [Soldier's joy, 1700s, Scotland].
[See additional sources of sheet music below]
Same tune as:
Le salut royal &
Den lille hollandske [Denmark],
Ingliskad [Estonia];
engelska från Svartsmara
fyra man engelska fr Geta,
pilkutin [part 1] &
Kökarin enkeliska [Finland];
byt om ræll {Iceland],
seksmannsril, sekskrossedans frå Melvær & Honnfeiv {Norway];
Rundan, sekstur från Skåne,
tre mans reel & engelska från Bohuslän [Sweden],
and may traditionally have been used for
tretur frå Fana [Norway].
Recordings:
Andreasen, Mogens [YouTube];
Baltinget Sving egen cd 2 track 03;
Berg, Svend Fjand track 05 [YouTube];
Bragr Live at Engelsholm Castle track 09 [YouTube];
Fiedel Michel 'hornpfiff' Retrospective track 03 [YouTube];
Folkcraft International Orchestra [Internet Archive];
Kristian, Jesper & Jens Peter Harmonika træffere II [YouTube];
Lamb, Dwight, Kristian Bugge & Mette Kathrine Jensen [YouTube];
Nille og hendes spillemænd track A7;
Sand på gulvet Fjerde juledag track 20 [YouTube];
Spillemandsgruppen Landstrygerne Dansk og svensk spillemandsmusik track A4;
Spillemændene Rilleræset track A1;
Tivolis Promenadorkester 'ruder es + silderumpen + hornfiffen' Gamle folkedanse. 1 Del.
[Internet Archive].
| Hornfiffen, Dalbyover-Raaby, Randers
Steps: hornfiffen (hornpipe), polka, reel (jig step) Sheet music: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Randersegnen. 4 opl. København; Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, p. 10. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | (a) | Hornfiffen (hornpipe): Holding inside hands, and beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, dance 8 hornpipe steps, moving in LOD. Finish dropping hand-hold and facing partner, . |
| 9-16 | (b) | Reeltrin (jig): Dance 16 jig steps [on the spot]. Alternatively, dance 14 jig steps (9-14), and finish with 3 stamps (15-16). |
| 9-16 | (c) | Polka: Take waltz hold with partner, and dance polka, moving in LOD. |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
See YouTube video with De vestsjællændere. Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Randersegnen. 4 opl. København; Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, pp. 10-11. |
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| Hornfiffen, Randersegnen
Steps: hornfiffen (hornpipe), polka Sheet music: (1) Christiansen, Poul/ 14 danske danse: beskrivelser og musikbånd til undervisningsbrug. [Roskilde]: Amtscentralen i Roskilde, 1985. pp. 24-25. (2) Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ Folk dances of Denmark, containing seventy-three dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. pp. 42-43. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | (a) | Hornfiffen (hornpipe): Holding inside hands, and both M and W beginning with L foot, dance 8 hornpipe steps, moving in LOD. Finish in waltz hold with partner. |
| |:9-16:| | (b) | Polka: In waltz hold with partner, dance 16 polka steps, moving in LOD. |
| Repeat from (a) as desired. | ||
| Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Beskrivelse af gamle Danske folkedanse hefte I. 7 opl. København; Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1976, p. 6.
See also: -- Christiansen, Poul/ 14 danske danse: beskrivelser og musikbånd til undervisningsbrug. [Roskilde]: Amtscentralen i Roskilde, 1985 pp. 24-25. -- 'hornpipe' in: Hanson, Lida Saboni & Laura Wolcott Goldsmith (trans.)/ Old Danish folk dances described by the Association for the Promotion of Folk Dances (Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme) - [first part]. Copenhagen: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1906. p.6. -- 'hornpipe' in: Burchenal, Elizabeth (trans.)/ Folk dances of Denmark, containing seventy-three dances.... New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1915. pp. 42-43. -- 'Danish hornpipe' in: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Danish folk dances. Trans. by Viggo Bovbjerg [Chicago, IL]: Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, 1917. p.25. -- Eliasen, John/ Sving egen! - 40 danske folkedanse 1:st (English version). s.l.: Danske Folkdansere, Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeningar, 1993. p.64. |
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| Syvspring, Naur, Hardsyssel
Steps: hornfiffen (hornpipe), galop (gallop), totrin (pivot) Sheet music: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Hardsyssel. 2 opl. København; Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998, p. 9. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | (a) | Hornfiffen (hornpipe): Holding inside hands, and both M and W beginning with L foot, dance 8 hornpipe steps, moving in LOD. Finish in waltz hold with partner. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Gallop: In waltz hold with partner, dance 8 gallop steps, moving in LOD. |
| 9-16 | (c) | Totrin (pivot): Take closed waist-shoulder hold with partner, and dance 16 pivot steps, moving in LOD. |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
See video from/with Sønder Felding dansere, 2019 Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Hardsyssel. 2 opl. København; Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998, p. 9. |
See also videos of 'Horlepiep' [Netherlands] with De heren van Pieremachochel and De Kegelaar.
See also:
-- Sørensen, Per "Hornfiffen fra Randers"
(
1. del,
2. del)
in: Dansens og musikkens rødder nrs. 42-43, 1999.
-- Vedel, Klaus "Folkedansens historie", p. 86 in Holm, Ralph & Klaus Vedel, red. Folkedansen i Danmark. København: Forlaget "Vort Land", 1946.
See also:
-- 'Hornfiffen fra Randers' Nordic harp meeting: tune archive Denmark
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2012-09-14, rev. 2023-06-12.
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