Operator's Reel

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 Theme code Index    5635 1H3H5H3H
 Also known as    Reel de l'opérateur
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Don Messer
 Region    Canada
 Genre/Style    Down-East/Maritime
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4, 2/2
 History    CANADA(Maritimes/English)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Don Messer
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Original Old Tyme Music by Don Messer and His Islanders
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1942
 Artist    Biography:Don Messer & His New Brunswick Lumberjacks
 Title of recording    Operator's Reel /Ploughboy
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Starr 16079 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1937
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