Annotation:New Exchange (The)
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NEW EXCHANGE, THE. AKA - "Durham Stable." English, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/4 or 6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody and country dance instructions were published in London by John Playford, in his English Dancing Master (1651). Appropriately, the couples exchange partners during the dance.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barlow (The Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 68, p. 31. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 37.
Recorded sources: Harmonia Mundi, Jeremy Barlow & The Broadside Band - "John Playford: Popular Tunes in 17th Century England."