Annotation:School for Scandal (A)
X: 1 T:School for Scandal. THO4.122, A O:England;London M:C L:1/8 Z:vmp. Peter Dunk 2010/11.from a transcription by Fynn Titford-Mock 2007 B:Thompson's Compleat Coll. of 200 Favourite Country Dances Vol.IV. 1773-80 Q:1/4=150 F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Thompson/Thompson%20IV(12-4-16).abc K:G GBGB GBGB|AGAB cBcA|BGBd gfed|edcB B2A2| GBGB GBGB|AGAB cBcA|BGBd gdBG|AGAB G4:| |:gfga gfed|e2e2e3 f|gfga gfed|cBAG GFED| gfga gfed|e2e2e3 f|gfga gdBG|AGAB G4:|]
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, A. AKA and see "New Fandango (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Johnson dates the tune from c. 1778 and prints instructions for a contra dance to the tune. The tune was entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter (1774-1861), a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England.
wikipedia:The_School_for_Scandal was the name of a famous play by wikipedia:Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan, first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre in May, 1777, and still occasionally performed.
