Burlesque (The)

Burlesque (The) Click on the tune title to see or modify Burlesque (The)'s annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Burlesque (The) Query the Archive
Theme code Index	3H2H 65 25 1H2H
Also known as	Monmouth Assembly
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	ABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 115
Year of publication/Date of MS	1757
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

BURLESQUE, THE. AKA - "Monmouth Assembly." English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1757 country dance collection.

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 115.

X:1
T:Burlesque, The; or, Monmouth Assembly
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:D
A|fdf ecA|(B/c/d)B AFD|EFG ABc|def ecA|fdf ecA|
(B/c/d)B AFD|EFG Agf|edc d2::F/G/|ABA AFA|(B/c/d)B AFA|
Bcd efg|Bgf ecA|fdf ecA|(B/c/d)B AFD|EFG Agf|edc d2:||