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 Longways for as many as will  proper Longways for as many as will  proper
  
-Elverton Grove by Tom Cook 1975+Walsh (1712) //24 New Country Dances for the Year 1712// 
 +Tom Cook (1975) //Come Let's Be Merry// 
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 +This dance, even with the music reduced in tempo, has a very vigorous and 
 +unforgiving B part. To reduce the stress on less athletic dancers, the 
 +couples can substitute a half figure 8 and a two hand turn half way instead 
 +of the full figure 8s, but must still remember the final cast and lead. 
 +Note that couples can opt to do this without interfering with other  
 +dancers. --- //​[[nashjc]] 2019/10/31 13:42// 
 + 
 +The music is drawn from Handel'​s //The Alchemist//​. According to Wikipedia 
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 +''​The Alchemist, HWV 43, is incidental music used for the revival of Ben Jonson'​s play The Alchemist at the Queen'​s Theatre, London on 14 January 1710. The work is an arrangement,​ by an anonymous composer, of music written by Handel.''​  
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 +See https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=x0-QxoOUr2c 
        
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 video https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=270bekpbLKc video https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=270bekpbLKc
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 +Researcher Graham Christian (2015) relates that Grace Feldman identified the tune as an air in the overture to George Fredrich Handel'​s Vincer se stesso è la maggior vitoria (Rogerio), performed in Florence in 1707. Nearly the whole overture, writes Christian, was somehow appropriated by an anonymous composer and arranged for a revival of Ben Johnson'​s The Alchemist at the Queen'​s Theatre in 1710.
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 +Christian links the title with Elverton Castle, also known as Alverton Castle or Aulton Castle, and, more recently, Alton Castle. It was originally a medieval castle, built in about 1175 by Bertram de Verdun (the founder of Croxden Abbey) on a hill overlooking the River Churnet. It was remodeled during the 15th century and subsequently was damaged during the Civil War. At the time the tune was printed, Alton Castle was a property of the statesman Charles Talbot, 1st Duke Shrewsbury, who, despite being raised Catholic, converted and became a support of King William and his successors, Queen Anne and King George I. The castle was converted into a manored estate, and, in the 19th century became the property of the Catholic Church, in whose hands it remains today. What specifically "​Elverton Grove" might refer to, or if it is linked to the alternate title "Trip to the Cottage"​ is unknown. There is no record of an "​Elverton Grove,"​ and it may be a descriptive title rather than a proper name.
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 + River Churnet is a river in Staffordshire,​ England
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