Annotation:Braye's Maggot

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BRAYE'S MAGGOT. English, Jig (9/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune and dance of the same name are attributed to dancing master Thomas Bray, who created dances (and danced them!) for the theatrical stage. Bray was a dancing master for the United Company from 1689-94, afterwards moving to Lincoln's Inn Fields with Thoms Betterton's company; he came into contact with some of the most famous composers and actors of the age. His country dance collection was printed in 1699 by William Pearson, "Sold by Mr. Plaiford (i.e Henry Playford) at the Temple Change, Fleet Street," dedicated to Prince William, Duke of Gloucester. A 'maggot' was a small tune, a 'fancy' or 'trifle', from the Italian word magioletta, for 'plaything'.

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Source for notated version: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 15. Christian (The Playford Assembly), 2015; p. 13.

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