Annotation:Fort Charlotte

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 FORT CHARLOTTE. Shetland, March (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Gideon Stove, the tune is used in Shetland for dancing two-steps. Fort Charlotte is an artillery bastion in Lerwick, Shetland, built in 1781 on the site of older fortifications. It was named for the wife of King George III.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers), 1970; p. 29.  Recorded sources:

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