Annotation:Paston's Maggot

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PASTON'S MAGGOT. English, Country Dance tune (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The dance and tune are attributed to dancing master Nathaniel Kynaston, who probably was active in Shropshire from 1710 to about 1721.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bently (The Fallibroome Collection, vol. 5). Walsh (Compleat Country Dancing Master),1719; p. 212. Young (Second Volume of the Dancing Master, 1st edition) [1], 1710; No. 191.

Recorded sources: Wild Goose Records WGS 298, Belshazzar’s Feast - "Mr Kynaston's Famous Dance" (2000).




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