Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Hole in the Wall, from Playford Dancing Master (1701), arr. Hass (SATB)

This tune originally appears as movement 8 in Henry Purcell’s theatrical production, Abdenazar (1695) and later was incorporated into Playford’s Dancing Master as early as the 1701 edition. The name, “Hole in the Wall” has several meanings in Purcell’s day. The first is meant to be descriptive of a pub or tavern that is nestled in a row of buildings. The second may be referring to an actual pub in Dublin that served soldiers of a nearby barracks through an actual hole in the wall. The third reference could go back to Shakespeare, where lovers would exchange words or notes through a hole in the wall. Imslp: https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/us... Dancing Master of 1709 (Hole in the Wall is no. 222): https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/us...