Annotation:Dissembling Love
Tune properties and standard notation
DISSEMBLING LOVE. AKA and see "The Lost Heart". English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABBB. The melody was first printed by London publisher John Playford in his English Dancing Master (1651) and was retained in the long-running series through the 8th edition of 1690.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 21, p. 21. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 43 (a facsimile copy of Playford's printing). Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 65.
Recorded sources: