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A LA MODE DE FRANCE. AKA and see "Nonesuch (1)." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 or 4/4 time). E Minor (Chappell): D Major (Fleming‑Willliams, Playford, Walsh). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Fleming‑Williams): AABB (Walsh): AA'BB' (Chappell). "A la mode de France" is to be found in John Playford's English Dancing Master from the first edition of 1651 through to the 18th and final edition of 1728, then published by John Young, heir to the Playford publishing concerns. It also appears in Playford's Musick's Recreation on the Lyra Viol and Musick's Delight on the Cithren, and in the several editions John Walsh's Complete Country Dancing Master (1718, 1731 & 1754). The tune also appears under the title "Nonesuch" in the Dancing Master. Early versions were in the mixoldyian or major mode, but modern versions tend to be in the minor mode.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time, vol. 1), 1859; p. 322. Fleming‑Williams & Shaw (English Dance Airs; Popular Selection, Book 1), 1965; p. 9. Walsh (Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth), London, 1740; No. 173.

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-As ''A la Mode de France'' the melody is found in Playford's first edition of The Dancing Master (1650) and other of his publications, such as Musick's Recreation on the Lyra Viol and Musick's Delight on the Cithren, sometimes in a major key. Chappell thought the title may have derived from a song (quoted by Marchamont Needham, ''A Short History of the English Rebellion'', 1661), which went:
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-''Never such revels have been seen,
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-As since we led this dance;
+'''A LA MODE DE FRANCE'''. AKA and see "[[Nonesuch (1)]]." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 or 4/4 time). E Minor (Chappell): D Major (Fleming‑Willliams, Playford, Walsh). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Fleming‑Williams): AABB (Walsh): AA'BB' (Chappell). "A la mode de France" is to be found in John Playford's '''English Dancing Master''' from the first edition of 1651 through to the 18th and final edition of 1728, then published by John Young, heir to the Playford publishing concerns. It also appears in Playford's '''Musick's Recreation on the Lyra Viol''' and '''Musick's Delight on the Cithren''', and in the several editions John Walsh's '''Complete Country Dancing Master''' (1718, 1731 & 1754). The tune also appears under the title "Nonesuch" in the '''Dancing Master'''.  Early versions were in the mixoldyian or major mode, but modern versions tend to be in the minor mode.
-So may we feast let prince and queen
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-Beg a la mode de France''
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-The melody survived, notes Chappell, into the 18th century, for it is called for by the company in the ''Second Tale of a Tub'' (1715), and is the vehicle for a song in the ''Collection of Loyal Songs'' (1731). In modern times ''Nonesuch/A la Mode de France'' was rejuvinated by its appearance(set in the key of D minor) in Nan Fleming-Williams & Pat Shuldham-Shaw's ''English Dance Airs; Popular Selection, Book 1'', (1965; p. 9).
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+''Printed sources'': Chappell ('''Popular Music of the Olden Time, vol. 1'''), 1859; p. 322. Fleming‑Williams & Shaw ('''English Dance Airs; Popular Selection''', Book 1), 1965; p. 9. Walsh ('''Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth'''), London, 1740; No. 173.
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