How To Use Hornpipe In A Sentence
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Strathspeys, jigs, reels and hornpipes from various sources are all fed through Greenberg and McGuinness's loving, yet idiosyncratic arrangements.
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The homely sound, likewise, of a rustical hornpipe is more agreeable to my ears than the curious warbling and musical quavering of lutes, theorbos, viols, rebecs, and violins.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
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I sang them the old hunting - song, and they said I did it tunably, and, whereas they saw I could already dance a hornpipe and turn a somersault passably well, the leader of the troop, old Nat Fire-eater, took me on, and methinks he did not repent -- nor I neither -- save when I sprained my foot and had time to lie by and think.
The Armourer's Prentices
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Someone played the piano and I danced in my new green dance costume and hornpipe shoes.
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Sylvia O'Donovans display of Irish dancing was a big hit as were the reels and hornpipes of cousins Deirdre Bonham and Gillian Reilly from the Mary Gohery school of dancing.
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It is the instrument that best tells the story of our collective loss and longing in slow airs like the Coolin and also our perky sense of survival in clipping jigs reels and hornpipes - like the Mason's Apron.
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For example, the hornpipe must be danced between 112 and 116 [beats per minute].
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He literally snatched the pouch out of Ziada's hands and, seemingly of their own accord, his feet did a small hornpipe.
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The traditional association of the hornpipe with British seamen seems to have begun in the late 18th century.
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The 17-track album features jigs, reels, songs, waltzes, hornpipes, polkas, a two step, slow air, highland fling and recitation.
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Gaelscoil dancers also performed hornpipes, sets, and even a hip-hop routine.
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Johnny O'Leary's reels, jigs and hornpipes are generally part of the broader national store of music, but his polkas, slides and barndances are quite unusual and little known.
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She came first in the hornpipe and now qualifies to compete in the world dancing championships to be held in Ennis, County Clare at Easter.
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Scottish jigs, and reels, and ‘twasome dances’, with a strathspey or hornpipe for interlude; and the want of grace on the part of the performers was amply supplied by truth of ear, vigour and decision of step, and the agility proper to the northern performers.
Redgauntlet
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The 17-track album features jigs, reels, songs, waltzes, hornpipes, polkas, a two step, slow air, highland fling and recitation.
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Conmee on Christass, lame crutch and leg sailor in cockboat armfolded ropepulling hitching stamp hornpipe through and through.
Ulysses
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The names of the sets and steps are taken from such familiar forms as the hornpipe or the soft shoe or even tap dance.
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The variety of instruments alone is a testimony to the healthy state of traditional music in the area and tunes types include double jigs, reels, polkas, airs, barn dances, slip jigs and hornpipes.
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His playing of reels, jigs and hornpipes is immaculate.
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At the Carraig Hotel this Saturday the audience are in for rousing reels, driving jibs, funky hornpipes, groovy slow reels and songs.
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I sang them the old hunting-song, and they said I did it tunably, and, whereas they saw I could already dance a hornpipe and turn a somersault passably well, the leader of the troop, old Nat Fire-eater, took me on, and methinks he did not repent -- nor I neither -- save when I sprained my foot and had time to lie by and think.
The Armourer's Prentices
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Of these, the best known, which I might mention, are the tarantella of the Neapolitans, the bolero and fandango of the Spaniards, the mazurka and cracovienna of Poland, the cosack of Russia, the redowa of Bohemia, the quadrille and cotillion of France, the waltz, polka and gallopade of Germany, the reel and sword dance of Scotland, the minuet and hornpipe of England, the jig of Ireland, and the last to capture America is the tango.
The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen
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She heard his uncertain footsteps on the stairs and he was humming a hornpipe under his breath.
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Graffiti perform a wide variety of music from the ‘Can-Can’ to Hungarian Folk Dances to hornpipes and polkas, with a little Mozart, Bach and Strauss added for good measure.
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The Sea Cadets followed the New Trafalgar Dispatch throughout its journey, providing bands, honour guards, hornpipe dancers and club and cutlass swinging at numerous locations along the way.
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Of these, the best known, which I might mention, are the tarantella of the Neapolitans, the bolero and fandango of the Spaniards, the mazurka and cracovienna of Poland, the cosack of Russia, the redowa of Bohemia, the quadrille and cotillion of France, the waltz, polka and gallopade of Germany, the reel and sword dance of Scotland, the minuet and hornpipe of England, the jig of Ireland, and the last to capture America is the tango.
The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen
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There's also a great selection of jigs, reels, and hornpipes on the CD.
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Sylvia O'Donovan's display of Irish dancing was a big hit as were the reels and hornpipes of cousins Deirdre Bonham and Gillian Reilly from the Mary Gohery school of dancing.
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Small, tricky, balletic jumps and a quick circle of turns follow little hornpipe steps or a doglike shake of the body, and Boal makes the speed and detail look easy.
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Also on hand to entertain were young Irish dancers who performed reels, jigs and hornpipes.
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In addition, there are stalwart slides, reels and hornpipes all solid session tuned played with enthusiasm and character.
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This CD blends an equal amount of exciting reels, jigs and hornpipes, along with a selection of old and new songs performed by the lyrical and commanding voice of Ciarán Ó Gealbháin, who is joined on one of the tracks by the great Liam Clancy.
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The band has put together a lively selection of 52 jigs, reels and hornpipes, many of which were played by the original band.
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In my next scene, I have to dance the hornpipe towards Basil, leading a line of children some of whom are, embarrassingly, as tall as me.
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But it does have a charming hornpipe danced by Charlie and a funny bit at the end.
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In addition, there are stalwart slides, reels and hornpipes all played with enthusiasm and character.
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In the solo competitions Louise got first place for her hornpipe and second place for her reel and overall, out of forty eight competitors from all over Ireland, England and the North of Ireland, she was placed sixth.
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One day when his brother was labouring through a hornpipe Noel gave himself away by taking the concertina and playing the tune with ease.
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Reels and jigs, marches and waltzes, strathspeys, airs and hornpipes flow once the guests are lubricated with a drop of the hard stuff.
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When several of these fish take it into their heads to dance a "hornpipe," as the sailors have termed their gambols, at the distance of half a mile they, especially at or just after sun-down, may easily be mistaken for the sharp points of rocks sticking up out of the water, and the splashing and foam they make and produce have the appearance of the action of the waves upon rocks.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 470, January 8, 1831
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In the final section, shot through with Scottish folk and fiddle music, Joaquin de Luz and Daniel Ulbricht lead a thrilling take on the hornpipe.
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I clattered and tapped endlessly in my hornpipe shoes on the red-tile floor in the kitchen, and anywhere there was a wood or flag floor.
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Suzanne and her sister Ann-Marie danced jogs, reels and hornpipes, to the delight of everyone present.
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The variety of instruments alone is a testimony to the healthy state of traditional music in the area and tunes types include double jigs, reels, polkas, airs, barn dances, slip jigs and hornpipes.
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Suzanne and her sister Ann-Marie danced jogs, reels and hornpipes, to the delight of everyone present.
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Competitors danced the Highland fling, the sword dance, the sean triubhais, the Highland reel, the sailors' hornpipe, the Irish Jig and other dances, preferably to the music of the bagpipe.
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There are few traditional musicians in County Sligo and beyond who haven't hammered out some rasping reels or clipping hornpipes on musky summer evenings.
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From early morning until late afternoon the lounge vibrated to the sound of lively jigs, reels, polkas and hornpipes played with tremendous enthusiasm by the participants.
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David gave a first class performance in slow airs, jigs and hornpipes.
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Austin and James Gibbons were light on their feet as they danced the hornpipe to the joy of all present.
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There were no dances exclusively for the lower school either - no hornpipe or Scottish country dances.
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Reels and jigs, marches and waltzes, strathspeys, airs and hornpipes flow once the guests are lubricated with a drop of the hard stuff.
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Also on hand to entertain were young Irish dancers who performed reels, jigs and hornpipes.
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He danced the Lancashire clog-hornpipe; he rattled out puns and conundrums; yet did he contrive to infuse into all this mummery and buffoonery, into this salmagundi of the incongruous and the
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864
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They competed in sections including light jigs, heavy jigs, hornpipes and Céilí dancing.
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Fintan's fingers flew over the hornpipes and slowed for the sound of ‘The Dear Irish Boy a slow air and an old set dance called ‘Blackbird’.
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The brandy and water was brought, and Ted making a polite bow to the company, passed down the room with a slight tremor of the hornpipe in his legs, and a faint trill of the tune on his lips, both of which melted gradually into a boarish grunt and roll as he reached the lobby and passed out into the garden.
The Pirate City An Algerine Tale
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He composed many reels and hornpipes so Paddy Mills music will always be alive.
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David gave a first class performance in slow airs, jigs and hornpipes.
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From early morning until late afternoon the lounge vibrated to the sound of lively jigs, reels, polkas and hornpipes played with tremendous enthusiasm by the participants.
