Annotation:Carleton House (1)

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CARLETON HOUSE [1]. AKA and see "Miss Dalrymple." English (?), Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was published in Scottish fiddler-composer biography:Donald Dow's Collection of Ancient Scots Music (c. 1775) as "Miss Dalrymple" and has a Scottish provenance.

Carleton House [1] was a magnificent mansion in London and was the town residence of the Prince Regent for several decades from 1783. When the prince ascended the throne in 1820 and became King George IV, Buckingham Palace was constructed from Buckingham House and became the Royal residence. Carleton House was demolished in 1825 and the site redeveloped into a fashionable residential block.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Preston (Preston’s 24 Country Dances for the Year 1804), 1804; No. 534, p. 227.

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