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 Theme code Index    17L2
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Triple Hornpipe
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/2, 6/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Jeremy Barlow
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 293, p. 72
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1985
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CUPID'S GARDEN. English, Country Dance Tune (3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Cupid's Garden" first appears in print in Henry Playford's Dancing Master, 7th edition (1686), and in all subsequent editions of the long-running series through the final, 18th edition of 1728 (then published by John Young in London). Playford also printed it in his Apollo's Banquet, 5th edition, 1687. It also appears in all three volumes of London's Walsh publishing company's Compleat Country Dancing Master (1718, 1731, 1754).

Printed source: Barlow (The Complete Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master) 1985; No. 293, p. 72. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.


X:1
T:Cupid's Garden
M:6/4
L:1/8
B:Playford - Dancing Master 7th edition (1686)
K:Bb
F2|B3A B2 c3de2|d2(B4 B4)de|f3g f2A4B2|(c6 c4)F2|
B3A B2 f3gf2|g2a2b2 a3gf2|g2c2f2 f4=e2|(f6 f4):|
|:f2|f3g f2g4 a2|b2 (d4d4) ed|c2d2B2 A2B2G2|(g6 g4)f2|
e2f2e2 c2d2B2|A2B2G2 F4a2|ga b2G2 A4B2|(B6 B4):||


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