Annotation:Wentworth House
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WENTWORTH HOUSE. AKA and see "Wentworth Park." English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major (Riley): G Major (Gammon). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There is a huge Wentworth House in Yorkshire, one of the largest and grandest period country houses; however, there are also other Wentworth Houses in England. The tune appears as "Wentworth Park" in Jamie Knowles Northern Frisk (1988).
Source for notated version: Welch Family music manuscript collection (c. 1800) [Loughran & Gammon].
Printed sources:
Loughran & Gammon (Sussex Tune Book), 1982; no. 45, p. 18 ([1]).
Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 106 (appears as "Wentworth Park").
Riley (Flute Melodies, vol. 2), 1820; p. 44.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
See Wendell Dobbs' excellent article about New York publisher Edward Riley (1769-1829) [2]