Music in Bath
- The fortepiano in Bath
- Bath musicians included the Linley family.
- Bath tunes: Orange Grove
- Bath tunes: Miss Pulteney’s Fancy
- Dancing would take place in the ballroom of the Assembly Rooms.
- Music in Bath
- ’A long minuet as danced as Bath’. Engraving by H. Banbury, published June 1717 by W. Dickinson, London
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Linley House in Bath
- Linley House in Bath
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- Linley House in Bath
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This house was inhabited by the Linleys, including the harpsichord player Elizabeth Linley, who eloped with the playwright Sheridan; his play The Rivals is based on their runaway marriage. He later became a politician and a member of Brook’s Club in London. A drawing by Gainsborough probably represents a musical party at the Linleys’.
Orange Grove in Bath
Orange Grove is mentioned in Sheridan’s The Rivals
- Orange Grove
- Music: The Bath Medley, performed by the Beau Nash Band. Minerva Records.
Score: The Bath Medley, ed. Paul Cresswell, Bath.
- Orange Grove
- Longways for three couples
Rutherford 18th Century
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- Fan with a view of Orange Grove
- Fan with a view of Orange Grove by George Speren showing Beau Nash with Ladies (1737).
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A1 1-8: 1st Couple R. hand turn; cast into 2nd Couples place while 2nd move up.
A2 1-8: 1st Couple L. hand turn; cast back to places while 2nd Couple move down. (all fast fleurets)
B1 1-8: 1st Couple cross at the top passing R. shoulders; then cross below the 2nd Couple passing R. shoulders and meet below the 3rd Couple. (skip)
B2 1-8: 1st Couple lead to the top and cast to second place while the 2nd Couple move up. (slow fleurets)
C1 1-8: All circle L. and R. (slip)
C2 1-8: 1st Couple lead down through the 3rd Couple; small honour to partner and cast to 2nd Couple’s place and down to the bottom of the set. (fast fleurets) move up. (slow fleurets)
Fleuret: Start with a PLIE (a small bend of the knees) then step forward on the first beat followed by two more steps and Plie.
Miss Pulteney’s Fancy
- Miss Pulteney’s Fancy
- Longways for three couples
Longman 1791
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- Miss Pulteney’s Fancy
- Music: The Bath Medley, performed by the Beau Nash Band. Minerva Records.
Score: The Bath Medley, ed. Paul Cresswell, Bath.
A1 1-8: Three Women take the hands. The 1st Woman leads 2nd & 3rd Woman around the Men back to place. (skip)
A2 1-8: Men likewise around the Women. (skip)
B1 1-8: 1st Couple lead down the middle and up again, cast into third place, while 2nd & 3rd Couples move up. (fast fleurets)
B2 1-8: All circle L. then R. (slip)
Fleuret: Start with a PLIE (a small bend of the knees) then step forward on the first beat followed by two more steps and Plie.
