Annotation:Argyll Rout (The)
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ARGYLL ROUT, THE. AKA and see "Weymouth Fleet," "Weymouth Quickstep (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). England, East Anglia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD. According to Eatmt.org [1], "A rout was an informal private ball. The Argyll Rooms in Regent Street, London, was a fashionable venue for dancing at this period."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: J. Gray (Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1812), Bury St. Edmunds, 1812; p. 4.
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