Annotation:Marchioness of Queensbury's Waltz
X:1 T:Marchioness of Queensbery M:3/8 L:1/8 R:Waltz Q:"Slow" B:Nathaniel Gow – “The Favorite Dances of 1812: Some of which are Composed B:& the whole arrange for the piano forte by Nath. Gow” (1812, p. 3) N:”As Performed at his Annual Ball in George Street Assembly Rooms the 3rd of March.” B: https://archive.org/details/TheFavoriteDancesOf1812/mode/2up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb F|(Bd).d|(cf).f|e/>d/c/B/A/B/|(cA).F|(Bd).d|(cf).f|e/>d/c/B/A/c/|B2:| |:F|B2 A/c/|B2 A/c/|BFD|B,DF|B2 A/c/|B2 A/c/|BFD|B,2:| |:D|d>~e/d/c/|BGG|(A^FD)|~G/^F/G/A/B/c/|~d>ed/c/|BGG|(A^FD)|G2:|]
MARCHIONESS OF QUEENSBURY'S WALTZ. AKA - "Marchioness of Queensbery." Scottish, Waltz (3/8 time). C Major (Carlin): B Flat Major (Gow). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. "Marchioness of Queensbury's Waltz" was printed in fiddler-composer and bandleader wikipedia:Nathaniel_Gow's Favorite Dances for 1812, the cover proclaiming: ”As Performed at his Annual Ball in George Street Assembly Rooms the 3rd of March.” The Assembly Rooms in George Street remained Edinburgh's premiere venue for dancing assemblies throughout the first half of the 19th century, although it regularly housed concerts as well.
At the time Gow's volume was printed the Marchioness of Queensbury was Caroline Scott (1774-1854), who married Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensbury (1777-1837) in August, 1803, in Richmond, London, England, United Kingdom.
