Queen Bess’s Dame of Honour

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 Theme code Index    311H1H 6231
 Also known as    Dame of Honour (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/4, 6/8
 History    
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    John Young
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Second Volume of the Dancing Master 1st edition
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 107
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1710
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
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Queen Bess’s Dame of Honour: Annotations


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T:Queen Bess’s Dame of Honour 
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Young – Second Volume of the Dancing Master, 1st edition (1710, p. )
K:D
D|F2A d2f|d2A d2c|(BA)G E2A|FD2- D2D|
(FG)A (Bc)d|(ef)(e/d/) c2e|(ef)e (Bc)d|cA2- A2e|
a2g f2e|d2c B2f|g2f B2e|cA2- A2A|
(FG)A (Bc)d|(ef)(e/d/) c2e|fga A2a|fd2- d2|]
X:1
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T:Dame of Honour, or Hospitality
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Sung by Mrs. Willis in the Opera call'd the Kingdom of the Birds"
B:D'Urfey - Wit and Mirth; or Pills to Purge Melancholy (1719)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
D2|F4A2 d4f2|d4 A2 F4c2|(B2A2)G2 E4A2|F2D4-D4 D2|
(F2G2)A2 (B2c2)d2|(e2f2) (ed)c4e2|(e2f2)e2 (B2c2)d2|(e2f2) (ed)c4e2|
(e2f2)e2 (B2c2)d2|c2A4-A4e2|a4g2 f4e2|d4c2B4f2|
g4f2 B4e2|c2A4-A4A2|(F2G2)A2 (B2c2)d2|
(e2f2) (ed) c4e2|f3g a2 A4f2|d2 d4 d4||

Queen Bess’s Dame of Honour: Annotations