Bath Waltz (The)

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Theme code Index	111 115L
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Waltz/Valse/Vals
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	AABBCC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Gordon Ashman
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ironbridge Hornpipe (The)
Tune and/or Page number	No. 35a, p. 11.
Year of publication/Date of MS	1991
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BATH WALTZ, THE. English, Waltz (3/4 or 3/8 time). England; Shropshire, Sussex, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire. G Major (Ashman, Raven): A Major (Sumner): E Flat Major: B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. This English waltz appears to have been known throughout the country. It appears in the 1823-26 collection of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (Lincolnshire, 1778-1871), where it is given in the key of 'C' major. It is also printed in the Welch MSS (Sussex) and John Clare's MSS (Northamptonshire). See note for "Bath Carnival" for more on Bath.

Sources for notated versions: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]; Joshua Gibbons 1823-26 MS [Sumner].

Printed sources: Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 35a, pg. 11. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 138. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 1.

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