Country: Jylland (Jutland), Denmark
Type: mixer
Formation: any number of couples in open circle, waltz hold.
Steps: vals (waltz)
Music: Nørrgaard,, Kjeld
Om dansene i 'Børnenes musik' or any waltz with appropriate structure (AABB) and tempo.
Recordings: may use e.g. Bugge, Kristian 'Dæily June Tune #23 - Two part waltz + Quadrille no 2 + Storm'
[YouTube] - the waltz is
a tune by Kræn Jerup, from Himmerland. See note below.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | (a) | All couples dance turning waltz, moving in LOD.: |
| |:9-16:| | (b) | All dance R-hand chain around the set.
On the last beat, all clap both hands with the next oncoming dancer, after which part (a) resumes. |
| Repeat from (a) as desired. |
Provenance: Mr. Nørrgaard (see Source, below) speculates that the tune may be from Jerup, in the area of Vendsyssel on Jutland, as that is the only location of a village called Jerup in Denmark. An alternative explanation may be that the tune was part of the repertoire of or composed by Kræn Jerup (1829-1912), who was one of the most well known musicians in Vendsyssel in the mid- to late-1800s. His son, Chris Jerup who grew up in Bjergby, was also a musician. He emigrated to the USA in 1893, with his wife and children, and settled in Iowa. The music he had learned from his father, he passed on to a grandson, Dwight Lamb. Meanwhile, there were no musicians left in Vendsyssel who were familiar with the local music and dances. Kristian Bugge and Mette Kathrine Jensen found Dwight Lamb in Iowa in 2008, and the three have played and toured together, among other things, bringing Kræn Jerup's music back to Vendsyssel.
Source: Nørrgaard, Kjeld
Om dansene i 'Børnenes musik' in: Dansens og musikkens rødder nr 73, Aug. 2002.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2021-07-13, rev. 2022-01-24.
Tillbaka till innehållsförteckningen/Back to table of contents