Annotation:Farewell to Devon

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 FAREWELL TO DEVON. English, Waltz. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed in 1959 by ethnomusicologist, musician, choreographer and teacher Pat Shaw (Patrick Shuldham-Shaw, 1917-1977). Barnes notes it is an alternate tune for (dance and tune) "Margaret's Waltz", however Shaw composed the pair as a medley to be played for a specific dance. They both honor Margaret Grant, and were composed on the occasion of her retirement as representative in Devon for the English Folk Dance and Song Society.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 42. Fennessy (Pat Shaw's Collection, Book 2), 1986.  Recorded sources:

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