Annotation:Cast a Bell

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 CAST A BELL. AKA and see "Birks of Abergeldie." English, Country Dance (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A longways dance tune from the first edition of John Playford's English Dancing Master (1651). The tune and dance were retained in the long-running series throughout all editions, including the 18th and last edition of 1728, then printed by John Young in London. It was also included in Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (a reference to dancing master Daniel Wright), printed by John Johnson in London around 1740. Source for notated version: Printed sources: Barlow (Complete Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master), 1984; No. 12, p. 19. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 40 (facsimile reprint of the Playford original). Recorded sources:

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