Friday 25 July 2014
Tune of the Day: Admiral Gambier's Waltz
Traditional English tune
This tune is taken from Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808, published in London by Goulding & Co.
Admiral Lord James Gambier (1756–1833) was a career Royal Navy officer who served in the Channel Fleet during the wars with Napoleon. At the time of Goulding's publication Gambier had just been awarded the thanks of Parliament and a peerage, becoming Baron Gambier of Iver.