Annotation:Elegance and Simplicity

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 ELEGANCE AND SIMPLICITY. American, Country Dance (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The country dance "Elegance and Simplicity" appears in several Massachusetts country dance publications dating from 1799 to 1807, beginning with John Burbank's '''New Collection of Country Dances. for the Year 1799''' (Brookfield, Mass.)  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Morrison (Twenty-Four Early American Country Dances, Cotillions & Reels, for the Year 1976), 1976; p. 25.  Recorded sources:

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