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X:1 T:Polonese [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Polonese or Jig N:Under section of "Dances, 1787". B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1788, p. 21) B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - 24 Country Dances for the Year 1787 (London, 1787, p. 21) N:"As they are Perform'd at Court, Bath and all Publick Assemblys." Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d|gfg d2c|BAB G2A|Bcd dcB|B3-A2d| gfg dgb|aga def|egf ed^c|d3-d2:| |:d|fef dgb|aga d2f|gfe dcB|B3-A2 d| gfg d2c|BAB G2D|EcB AGF|G3-G2:|]



POLONESE, THE. English, Country Dance Tune or Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was fist published in Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson's 24 Country Dances for the Year 1787 (p. 21), reprinted in their 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 issued the next year. A Polonese or Polonaise [1] was the name for a dance in 3/4 time that originated in Poland ('Polonaise' means Polish), however, 'Polonese/Polonaise also refers to a woman's garment of the later 1770s and 1780s that consisted of a petticoat or underskirt, over which was worn a gown with a cutaway [2]. It too was said to have been inspired by Polish costume.


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Printed sources : - Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5), 1788; p. 21. Geoff Woolfe (William Winter's Quantocks Tune Book), 2007; No. 84, p. 38.






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