Annotation:Poloness (La)

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POLONESS, LA. AKA – “Polonese Dance.” French, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The polonaise? In addition to the 1780's volumes issued by London music publishers, the tune was entered into the 1788 music manuscript collection of American musicians John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.), the 1790 copybook of Edward Murphey (Newport, R.I.), and Jeremiah Brown’s 1782 commonplace book (Seabrook, N.H.).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II), 1785; No. 49, p. 16. Longman & Broderip (Longman and Broderip's Compleat Collection of 200 Favorite Country Dances), 1781; p. 10. Skillern (Skillern's Compleat Collection of Two Hundred & Four Reels...Country Dances), 1780; p. 46.

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