Annotation:Cavendish Court

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 CAVENDISH COURT. AKA - "Look Sharp." English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 and 2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAAABB. The melody (and dance instructions) were first printed in John Hinton's periodical Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (London, 1756). The melody also appears in John Johnson's 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 8 (London, 1758). Cavendish Court is near Devonshire Square. "Just to the north of Cavendish Court is Devonshire Row, the main carriage drive leading to Devonshire House which used to stand on this site until Nicholas Barbon pulled it down in 1677. Cavendish Court was most probably constructed as an auxiliary footway for the use of lesser mortals, such as servants and maintenance staff. At the northern end the Court remains very much as it did in those times, with its white-washed square tunnel giving access to the opened out exit in Houndsditch" ("London Alleys", p. 8). Source for notated version: Printed sources: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 110. Recorded sources:

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