Annotation:Running Bore
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RUNNING BOORE, THE. AKA - "Running Bourrée (The)." English, Bourrée . F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This melody appears several of London music publisher John Playford's volumes, including second supplement to the third edition of his Dancing Master (1665), Musick's Delight on the Cithren (1666), and Musick's Hand-Maide (1670, and the second edition of 1678). There were three different tunes with the title "Running Bore" (including the one discussed here) in Apollo's Banquet, indicating the title referred to a dance, and not the name of the tune. One of the other Apollo meloldies is given as "The Running Bore, to the Gun-fleet tune," while the other is called "The Running Bore, to This tune." The Bourrée was a French folk dance with many varieties, characterized by quick skipping steps, some of which influenced early ballet steps. In modern ballet, the Pas de bourrée couru (“running bourrée”) is a smooth run on the toes, with the feet close together (first or fifth positions), generally used as preparatory to a big jump like a grand jeté.