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VIOLETTE, LA. (The Violet). English, Polka-Mazurka (3/4 time). G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB'. The title, 'The Violet', has been applied to several tunes on the Continent, although not in the polka-mazurka (a hybrid dance form) form. La Violette was a dancer named Eva Maria Veigel who become something of a celebrity of the London Stage in the mid-18th century; she was married to the great actor-manager David Garrick. It would seem the she predates the introduction of the polka-mazurka form, but there may be an association.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Trim (The Musical Heritage of Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 82.

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