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PORTUGESE FANDANGO, THE. English, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A fandango is a Spanish or Portuguese triple-time dance, but is usually a lively one (and sometimes considered "vulgar") of which there are many varieties. The Fandango perhaps had renewed popularity in England in the early 19th century via the British alliance with Portugal during the Napoleonic Wars, when Portugal was key to prosecuting the Peninsular Campaign. However, there is a "Fandango (The)" published by the Thompsons' in London in 1780, and fandango had appeared in fashionable operas of the latter 18th century. Classical composers (such as Scarlatti) composed in the form occasionally.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 158, p. 41.

Recorded sources:

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-'''PORTUGESE FANDANGO, THE.'''  English, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A generically titled tune that perhaps has its English association via the British alliance with Portugal during the Napoleonic Wars, when Portugal was key to prosecuting the Peninsular Campaign. A ''fandango'' is a Spanish or Portuguese triple-time dance, but is usually a lively one (and sometimes considered "vulgar") of which there are many varieties.
+'''PORTUGESE FANDANGO, THE.'''  English, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A ''fandango'' is a Spanish or Portuguese triple-time dance, but is usually a lively one (and sometimes considered "vulgar") of which there are many varieties. The Fandango perhaps had renewed popularity in England in the early 19th century via the British alliance with Portugal during the Napoleonic Wars, when Portugal was key to prosecuting the Peninsular Campaign. However, there is a "[[Fandango (The)]]" published by the Thompsons' in London in 1780, and fandango had appeared in fashionable operas of the latter 18th century. Classical composers (such as Scarlatti) composed in the form occasionally.
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