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|f_annotation='''SHORTS GARDENS.''' English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Short's Gardens" was first published by John Playford in the 7th edition of '''The Dancing Master''' (London), and was retained by his successors through the 18th and final edition of 1728. | |f_annotation='''SHORTS GARDENS.''' English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Short's Gardens" was first published by John Playford in the 7th edition of '''The Dancing Master''' (London), and was retained by his successors through the 18th and final edition of 1728. | ||
Shorts Gardens were named for the cultivated grounds of William Short, gardener of Gray’s Inn, who, in 1590, purchased fields known as Newland between Drury Lane and the Marshland. The short family were prominent parishioners of St. Giles until Thomas Short sold the property around 1690 and it became part of Thomas Neale’s Seven Dials development. At the time of the last edition of '''The Dancing Master''' (1728) poverty had become rife in the Seven Dials district and the far end of Short’s Gardens was the site of the notorious St. Giles Workhouse, opened in 1725 and housing up to 900 paupers. The establishment continued in existence until the early 20th century. | |||
|f_printed_sources=John Playford ('''The Dancing Master 7th edition'''), London, 1786; No. 256, p. 201. John Walsh ('''The Compleat Country Dancing Master'''), London, 1718; p. 142. | |f_printed_sources=John Playford ('''The Dancing Master 7th edition'''), London, 1786; No. 256, p. 201. John Walsh ('''The Compleat Country Dancing Master'''), London, 1718; p. 142. | ||
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SHORTS GARDENS. English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Short's Gardens" was first published by John Playford in the 7th edition of The Dancing Master (London), and was retained by his successors through the 18th and final edition of 1728. Shorts Gardens were named for the cultivated grounds of William Short, gardener of Gray’s Inn, who, in 1590, purchased fields known as Newland between Drury Lane and the Marshland. The short family were prominent parishioners of St. Giles until Thomas Short sold the property around 1690 and it became part of Thomas Neale’s Seven Dials development. At the time of the last edition of The Dancing Master (1728) poverty had become rife in the Seven Dials district and the far end of Short’s Gardens was the site of the notorious St. Giles Workhouse, opened in 1725 and housing up to 900 paupers. The establishment continued in existence until the early 20th century.
