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B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
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A/B/c/d/ ed|c3f|d>c Bb|ag fe|dc/B/ FA|B3:||

Full annotations for this tune

KENDAL HOUSE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody, like many in Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1757 collection, first appeared in John Johnson's Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 6 (London, 1751). The tune also appears in the 1788 music manuscript copybook shared by John and William Pitt Turner, of Norwich, Conn. Kendal House, Isleworth, Middlesex, was the residence of the rather notorious Ermengarde de Schulenburg (1667-1743), Dutchess of Kendal, and mistress of King George I, with whom she had three illegitimate children. She had been maid of honor to Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and began her affair with George while they were still in Germany (where he was the Elector of Hanover). Sophia and George divorced in 1694, and she was kept imprisoned for the rest of her life, while the mistress accompanied him to England. Ermengarde arranged an introduction with a youthful Horace Walpole and the monarch, and was uncharitably described by the former as "a very tall, lean, ill-favoured old lady." In Germany she was called "The Scarecrow" and in England, "The Maypole." Upon her death, Kendal House became a public park or place of amusement, where one could fish on the grounds, stroll among tree-lined rural paths and formal gardens, and enjoy entertainment in the house itself, which boasted a well-lit longroom of some sixty feet for dancing.

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-[[Annotation:Miss_Sarah_Drummond_of_Perth_(1)| Full annotations for this tune]]
+[[Annotation:Kendal_House| Full annotations for this tune]]
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-'''[[Miss_Sarah_Drummond_of_Perth_(1) | MISS SARAH DUMMOND OF PERTH (1)]]'''. AKA and see “[[Calum Crubach]],” “[[Danse Écossaise]],” “[[Devil Shake the Half-Breed (2)]],” “[[Gurren’s Castle]],” "[[Miss Drummond of Perth (1)]],” “[[Mountain Reel (4)]]," “[[Our Highland Cousins]],” “[[Paddy Joe’s Highland Fling]],” “[[Perth Highland Fling (The)]],” "[[Prince of Wales Jig (The)]],” “[[Titanic Highland (The)]],” “[[Yorkshire Bite (1)]]." Scottish, Strathspey. A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composer credit for the tune was claimed by Niel Gow {1727-1807} (in his 1807 '''Third Collection''', second edition), however the tune appears under the full title (i.e. referencing Sarah Drummond) in Malcolm MacDonald's 2nd collection (1789, the volume dedicated to the Earl of Breadalbane). No composer was given credit to MacDonald by Gow. It also appears in John and Andrew Gow’s A Collection of Slow Airs, Strathspeys and Reels (London, c. 1795). Andrew (1760-1803) and younger brother John (1764-1826), sons of Niel, established a publishing business in London in 1788 and were the English distributors for the Gow family musical publications. The melody has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers. In Donegal it is set as a Highland (see, for example, Hugh Gillespie’s “[[Gurren’s Castle]]”) or as a fling. Quebec fiddler Joseph Allard recorded the tune as “[[Danse Écossaise]].”
+'''[[KENDAL HOUSE]]'''.  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody, like many in Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1757 collection, first appeared in John Johnson's Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 6 (London, 1751). The tune also appears in the 1788 music manuscript copybook shared by John and William Pitt Turner, of Norwich, Conn. Kendal House, Isleworth, Middlesex, was the residence of the rather notorious Ermengarde de Schulenburg (1667-1743), Dutchess of Kendal, and mistress of King George I, with whom she had three illegitimate children. She had been maid of honor to Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and began her affair with George while they were still in Germany (where he was the Elector of Hanover). Sophia and George divorced in 1694, and she was kept imprisoned for the rest of her life, while the mistress accompanied him to England. Ermengarde arranged an introduction with a youthful Horace Walpole and the monarch, and was uncharitably described by the former as "a very tall, lean, ill-favoured old lady." In Germany she was called "The Scarecrow" and in England, "The Maypole." Upon her death, Kendal House became a public park or place of amusement, where one could fish on the grounds, stroll among tree-lined rural paths and formal gardens, and enjoy entertainment in the house itself, which boasted a well-lit longroom of some sixty feet for dancing.
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+[[File:schulenburg.jpg|200px|left|Ermengarde de Schulenburg]]
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-[[File:Sarahdrummond.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Mrs. Drummond-Burrell (1786 – 1865) (Sarah Drummond)]]
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