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   carlbaron to Dav Vandenbroucke   
   Re: Is there a Word for it?   
   25 Dec 06 09:54:01   
   
   From: c.b.baronSPAM@FREEatt.net   
      
   Dav Vandenbroucke wrote:   
   > I have a CD of Christmas music which includes a rendition of "Joy to   
   > the World" played as a jig.  It got me to wondering if there was a   
   > technical term for transforming a piece in this way.  Is there?   
   Can't help you with the technical term, but I know of a jig that got   
   transformed into 4/4. A jig, dating back to the 18th century,   
   Voulez-Vous Danse, was transformed to La Bastringue sometime, I figure,   
   in the late 19th century.   
   Carl   
      
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