Annotation:Don Quixote
X:49 T:Don Quicksot. THO4.049 A:England; London O: M:2/4 L:1/8 Z:vmp. Peter Dunk 2010/11.from a transcription by Fynn Titford-Mock 2007 B:Thompson's Compleat Coll. of 200 Favourite Country Dances Vol.IV. 1773-80 Q:1/4=140 K:G B>cd>c|B>AG>F|G>AB>c|B2A2|B>cd>c|B>AG>A|B2A2|G4:| |:A>DD>A|B>GG>B|A>DD>A|B2A2|B>cd>B|e>fg>c|B2A2|G4:| K:Bb |:B>cd>e|d>g^f>g|d>cB>A|B2 {A}G2|B>cd>e|d>g^f>g|B2 AG|d4:| |:D>=E^F>G|^F>GA>B|c>BA>G|G>^F=E>D|B>cd>B|d>g^f>g|B2A2|G4:|
DON QUICKSOT. AKA - "Don Quickset." English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major (Thompson): D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was first published by Charles and Samuel Thompson in their Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4 (1780, p. 27) as "Don Quicksot." The tune also appears in the c. 18020 music copybook of Dorset musician, farmer and alehouse keeper Benjamin Rose as "Don Quixote."
