Bookseller's Frolic (The)

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 Theme code Index    1H2H1H3 1H3H2H5
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 5
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1765
 Artist    
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 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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BOOKSELLER'S FROLIC, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1765 collection.

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 5.


X:1
T:Bookseller's Frolic, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
c|f2 gf/e/|fcAc|f2 a(g/f/)|gece|g2 ba/g/|afec|Gc dc/=B/|c3:|
|:c|cc (d/c/B/A/)|Bf "tr"f2|ff (g/f/e/d/)|eg "tr"g2|af b(a/g/)|afec|df (e/f/g/e/)|f3:||


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