Friday 27 June 2014
Tune of the Day: Lady Mildmay's Waltz
Traditional English tune
This traditional tune is taken from Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808, published in London by Goulding & Co.
The title perhaps refers to Jane Mildmay, who married Sir Henry Paulet St. John-Mildmay in 1786. Lady Jane was a harp player, as evidenced by a portrait of her by John Francis Rigaud dating from 1785.