X:1
T:Mars and Venus
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:Young - Third Volume of the Dancing Master, 3rd Ed. (London, 1726, p. 31)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Edor
e4e4|e6g2|f2 e^d e2f2|B6f2|g2 fe d3c|
B3A GABc|d2G2A2F2|G8:||d4d4|dgfe dcBA|
GABc d2g2|f6f2|gg ff ee dd |^cc BB ^A2F2|
B^cde f2F2|B6 g2|f2 ag fe^de|^d6 e2|f2 B2 BAGF|
G2E2 z2 B2|ee ^dd e2B2|gg ff g2^d2|efef f3e|e8||
MARS AND VENUS. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). E Dorian/Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This dance melody ("Longways for as many as will") appears in the Third Volume of the Dancing Master[1], 3rd edition (1726, p. 31), printed in London by John Young, heir to the Playford publishing concerns.
Venus and Mars, by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1483
Additional notes
Source for notated version: -
Printed sources : - Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.
