Curtissimo's Frolick

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 Theme code Index    133H2H 1H351H
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABBCC
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 88
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1757
 Artist    
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CURTISSIMO'S FROLICK. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Country dance directions for "Curtissimo's Frolick" were printed in Peter Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1754 (London). The melody was first printed in John Johnson's 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 7 (London, 1756).

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 88.


X:1
T:Curtissimo's Frolick
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:D
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def edc|BA^G A3::BAG d2G|AGF d2F|GAB AGF|EDC D3:||


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