Annotation:Ragg (The)

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RAGG, THE. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody and dance instructions were printed by John Walsh in his Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (London, c. 1735) and in his Caledonian Country Dances. Publisher John Johnson printed it in Daniel Wright's Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (London, c. 1740). However, the earliest printing of the tune is a version called "Ye Ragg," issued by Dublin music publishers John and William Neal in 1724 on p. 27 of their A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes , suggesting an Irish provenance for the tune.

"The Ragg" was also entered into the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, and the 1790 music manuscript of London musician Thomas Hammersley. Unfortunately, very little is known about either.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Wright's Compleat Collection of celebrated country Dances (1740, p. 14)

Recorded sources:

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