Bath (1) (The)

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 Theme code Index    1H1H1H1H 1H61H3
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Mixolydian
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    John Playford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The English Dancing Master
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 51
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1651
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   ()   


X: 1
T:The Bath
M:C|
L:1/8
K:GMix
d2 | g3 d g3 d | gfef g2 B2 | c2 A2 d3 d | A4 A4 | 
G2 GG G2 G2 | GABc d3 B | cd e2 d3 c| B6 ||


BATH, THE. English, Country Dance ("Longways for as many as will"). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody first appears in print in John Playford's The English Dancing Master [1] (1651). It was printed in several of the subsequent editions of the long-running series, ending with a reprint of the 3rd edition, in 1665, after which it was dropped. There are two different melodies with this title in Playford.

Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master"), 1985; p. 17. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 42.

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