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 Theme code Index    3H3H5H5H 6H3H75
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Contra
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Elias Howe
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:First Part of the Musician's Companion
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 67
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1842
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 Score   (1)   




X: 10672 T: FLORA'S BIRTHDAY C: %R: jig B: Elias Howe "The Musician's Companion" Part 1 1842 p.67 #2 S: http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Musician's_Companion_(Howe,_Elias) Z: 2015 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: D % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A |\ f2f fed | a2a agf | bag fed | cde A2A | f2f fed | a2a agf | egb cde | d2f d2 :| |: (c/d/) |\ e2e age | d2d dfa | geg fdf | (f3 e2) (f/g/) | a2a afa | b2b bd'b | afa gec | d2f d2 :| % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


X:1 T:Flora's Birthday M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Howe - Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon (1843) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C G | e2e edc | g2g gfe | agf edc | Bcd G2G | e2e edc | g2g gfe | dfa Bcd | c2e c2 :| |: (B/d/) | d2d gfd | c2c ceg | fdf ece | (e3 d2) (e/f/) | g2g geg | a2a ac'a | geg fdB | c2e c2 :||


X:1 T:Flora’s Birthday M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig/Quadrille S:M.E. Eames music manuscript book, frontispiece dated Aug. 22nd, 1859 (p. 370) S: http://archive.org/details/MEEamesBook N:Eames was perhaps from Philadelphia Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D V:1 A|f2f fed|a2a agf|bag fed|cde A2A| f2 f fed|a2a agf|bge cde|d2f d2:| c/d/|e2e age|d2d dfa|geg fdf|f3 e2 f/g/| a2a afa|b2b bd’b|afa gec|d3 d2:| V:2 A|d2d dAF|f2f fed|gfe dcB|A2c A2A| d2d dAF|f2f fed|gec ABG|F2A F2:| |:A/B/|c2c feA|F2F Adf|ece dBd|d3 c2 d/e/| f2f fdf|g2g gbg|fdf ecA|F3 F2:|


X:1 T:Flora's Birthday M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:O'Flannagan - The Hibernia Collection (Boston, 1860, p. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|f2f fed|a2a agf|bag fed|cde A2A| f2f fed|a2a agf|egb cde|d2f d2:| |:(c/d/)|e2 e age|d2d dfa|geg fdf|(f3 e2) (f/g/)| a2a afa|b2b bd'b|afa gec|d2f d2:|]