Description
A collection of Regency country dances found in a single bound book in the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, simply entitled Dances.
It was part of a bequest left by Walter Harding, a ragtime pianist and organist from Chicago, totaling 22 tonnes of books, sheet music and ephemera – the largest donation in the Bodleian’s history.
This collection is accompanied by recordings of all the dances by the Warleggan Village Band.
1. The British Sailors Hornpipe
2. Dutchess of Bedfords Waltz
3. Lots of Kisses
4. The Ghost of a Guinea
5. The Proxy
6. Miss Owen’s Fancy
7. The Burlesque
8. Pudding Boil’d in a Bason
9. The Regency Waltz
10. Fortunes Wheel
11. The Cobler’s Hornpipe
12. The Wafer
13. Old Stingo
MATTHEW COATSWORTH: violin
RICHARD HEACOCK: violin
CHRIS GREEN: guitar, mandocello
A recording of all the dances included in The Warleggan Assembly collection,
researched by Matthew Coatsworth with dances interpreted by Georgia Delve
Recorded live in Alton Barnes. Mixed and mastered at The Garrett by Chris Green.
Image George Cruikshank ‘An Election Ball’ 1813, The Art Institute of Chicago.
℗ & © 2025 The Warleggan Village Band & Blast Records
