Bleckynden's Maggot

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Theme code Index	1H1H2H5 4431
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 107
Year of publication/Date of MS	1757
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BLECKYNDEN'S MAGGOT. English, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody also appears in John Johnson's 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 8 (London, 1758), and (after their 1757 printing) was again published by the Thompson's in Complete Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773). A 'maggot' in this context was a bit of melody, akin to the term 'fancy' or 'whim', a trifle of a melody (from the French and Italian magioletta); the term was characteristic of the late 17th and early 18th century, however, and by mid-18th century was out of fashion.

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 107.

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Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
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