Annotation:Maria's Frolic

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MARIA'S FROLIC. AKA - "Maria's Frolick." English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody first appears in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773), later printed by James Aird in his second volume of Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (Glasgow, 1785). Manuscript versions can be found in the 1780 copybook of John Buttery (AKA John Fife ms.), a fife player for the 37th Regiment (British), and Northumbrian musician William Vickers' collection, begun in 1770. In America the jig was printed in G. Gilford's Gentleman's Pocket Companion for the Flute or Violin (New York, 1802).

Source for notated version: William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) [Seattle].

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, c. 1785; p. 1, No. 2. Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 503. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 99.

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