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'''MACARONI.''' English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Macaroni was 18th century slang for a dandified young gentleman; a preening aristocrat. [[File: | '''MACARONI.''' English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Macaroni was 18th century slang for a dandified young gentleman; a preening aristocrat. [[File:macaroni2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Father and son]] | ||
The melody also appears in Straight & Skillern's '''Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1''' (London, 1775) and Longman, Lukey and Broderip's '''Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillions''' (London, 1776). | The melody also appears in Straight & Skillern's '''Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1''' (London, 1775) and Longman, Lukey and Broderip's '''Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillions''' (London, 1776). | ||
[[File:macaroni.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The Macaroni Dressing Room]] | |||
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MACARONI. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Macaroni was 18th century slang for a dandified young gentleman; a preening aristocrat.
The melody also appears in Straight & Skillern's Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1775) and Longman, Lukey and Broderip's Bride's Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances, Cotillions (London, 1776).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 8.
Recorded sources:
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