Bellamira

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Theme code Index	15L5L2 113b3b
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	John Playford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Dancing Master 7th edition (third supplement)
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1689
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BELLAMIRA. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Bellamira, or The Mistress was the title of a comic play written by Sir Charles Sedley, produced in London in 1687, probably at Drury Lane Theatre. The country dance and tune were first published in the seventh edition of John Playford's Dancing Master (1689, third supplement 'C'), and remained in the long-running series through the 18th and last volume, printed in London in 1728 by John Young (heir to the Playford publishing enterprise). "Bellamira" also appears in John Walsh's Compleat Country Dancing Master, editions published in 1731 and 1754.

Printed sources: Barlow (The Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 302, pg. 74. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1989.

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