hornpipe
Sign in to savethumb|The Hornpipe by Andries Both The hornpipe is any of several dance forms and their associated tunes, played and danced in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere from the 16th century until the present day. The dance is still performed in competition. George Frideric Handel's hornpipe from Water Music is one of his most famous compositions.
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thumb|The Hornpipe by Andries Both The hornpipe is any of several dance forms and their associated tunes, played and danced in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere from the 16th century until the present day. The dance is still performed in competition. George Frideric Handel's hornpipe from Water Music is one of his most famous compositions.
==History== thumb|British naval cadets dancing The Sailor's Hornpipe|the sailor's hornpipe in 1928 thumb|150px|"Grown Gentlemen Taught to Dance" (1767) depicts the teaching of country dance. A book of hornpipes is visible at the fiddler's feet. Hornpipes are a class of wind instruments. One candidate for the specific hornpipe that might have leant its name to the dance is the pib-corn. There is no clear evidence the dance was named after any instrument, and many alternative etymologies have been proposed.