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'''POLONESE, THE.''' English, Country Dance Tune or Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was fist published in Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson's '''24 Country Dances for the Year 1787''' (p. 21), reprinted in their '''200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5''' issued the next year. A Polonese or Polonaise [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonaise] was the name for a dance in 3/4 time that originated in Poland ('Polonaise' means Polish), however, | '''POLONESE, THE.''' English, Country Dance Tune or Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was fist published in Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson's '''24 Country Dances for the Year 1787''' (p. 21), reprinted in their '''200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5''' issued the next year. A Polonese or Polonaise [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonaise] was the name for a dance in 3/4 time that originated in Poland ('Polonaise' means Polish), however, 'Polonese/Polonaise also refers to a woman's garment of the later 1770s and 1780s that consisted of a petticoat or underskirt, over which was worn a gown with a cutaway [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonaise_(clothing)]. It too was said to have been inspired by Polish costume. [[File:polonaise.jpg|300px|thumb|right|]] | ||
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POLONESE, THE. English, Country Dance Tune or Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was fist published in Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson's 24 Country Dances for the Year 1787 (p. 21), reprinted in their 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 issued the next year. A Polonese or Polonaise [1] was the name for a dance in 3/4 time that originated in Poland ('Polonaise' means Polish), however, 'Polonese/Polonaise also refers to a woman's garment of the later 1770s and 1780s that consisted of a petticoat or underskirt, over which was worn a gown with a cutaway [2]. It too was said to have been inspired by Polish costume.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), 1788; p. 21.
Recorded sources: