Buckles Blog: Vol. 51 South Shore Concert Band!

Saturday, September 04, 2010

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Chic Silber said...: Gallop has 2 Ls; 04 September, 2010 13:11
Roger Smith said...: The Harvard Brief Dictionary of Music has galop with one L.

Gallup, New Mexico, has two Ls.; 05 September, 2010 01:12
Chic Silber said...: Thanks Roger

Obviously there are 2 spellings

Definition of GALOP
a lively dance in duple measure

Definition of GALLOP
to progress or ride at a gallop

Never too late to learn; 05 September, 2010 09:47
Roger Smith said...: Russ Darr and I conferred on a number of pieces to chase the lions out at the finish. We listened to many galops, but I was a traditionalist and it was hard to beat "The Big Cage". We've heard the Karl King original written in honor of Clyde Beatty, and in thumbing through the bull riding music for a rodeo, I discovered "The Big Cage Galop". If I could get them to play that galop like I want it, it would need two L's to keep me happy.; 05 September, 2010 20:44
Unknown said...: Over here (UK) we'd tend to the Galop. I remember one of P.T. Barnum's 1889 books published here apologising for using English English - despite his actually almost non-circus book having 2 drawings of things at Olympia on the cover!

I don't mind how thjey spell it on covers - just keep playing it!

Fred Neill; 09 September, 2010 05:46

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