A la Mode de France

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Theme code Index	5345 3215
Also known as	Nonesuch 1
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4, 2/2
History
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Chappell
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Popular Music of the Olden Time vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	p. 322
Year of publication/Date of MS	1859
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A LA MODE DE FRANCE.
AKA and see "Nonesuch [1]." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 or 4/4 time). E Minor (Chappell): D Major (Fleming‑Willliams). Standard tuning. AAB (Fleming‑Williams): AA'BB' (Chappell). Under this title it is found in Musick's Recreation on the Lyra Viol and Musick's Delight on the Cithren, sometimes in a major key. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 322. Fleming‑Williams & Shaw (English Dance Airs; Popular Selection, Book 1), 1965; pg. 9.

ANNOTATION
As A la Mode de France the melody is found in Playford's first edition of The Dancing Master (1650) and other of his publications, such as Musick's Recreation on the Lyra Viol and Musick's Delight on the Cithren, sometimes in a major key. Chappell thought the title may have derived from a song (quoted by Marchamont Needham, A Short History of the English Rebellion, 1661), which went:

Never such revels have been seen,
As since we led this dance;
So may we feast let prince and queen
Beg a la mode de France

The melody survived, notes Chappell, into the 18th century, for it is called for by the company in the Second Tale of a Tub (1715), and is the vehicle for a song in the Collection of Loyal Songs (1731). In modern times Nonesuch/A la Mode de France was rejuvinated by its appearance(set in the key of D minor) in Nan Fleming-Williams & Pat Shuldham-Shaw's English Dance Airs; Popular Selection, Book 1, (1965; p. 9).

X:1
 T:Nonesuch, or A la Mode de France
 M:C
 L:1/8
 B:Chappell
 K:Em
 B2|B2G2A2B2|G2 FG E2B2|B2G2A2B2|1 G4 G2:|2 G4 E2||
 F2|F2D2E2F2|G2 FG E2F2|F2D2E2F2|G4 G2:|2 G4 E2||

X:2
 T:Nonesuch
 M:2/2
 L:1/8
 K:Dm
 a2|a2f2g2a2|f2 ef d2a2|a2f2g2a2|f4 f2a2|a2f2g2a2|f2 ef d2a2|a2f2g2a2|f4 d2||
 e2|e2d2e2e2|f2 ef d2e2|e2c2d2e2|f4 d2e2|e2c2d2e2|f2 ef d2e2|e2c2d2e2|f4 d2||