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Theme code Index
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756 312
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Also known as
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Composer/Core Source
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Region
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England
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Genre/Style
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English
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Meter/Rhythm
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Air/Lament/Listening Piece
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Key/Tonic of
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D
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Accidental
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2 sharps
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Mode
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Ionian (Major)
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Time signature
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3/4
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History
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Structure
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AABB
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Editor/Compiler
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John Buttery
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Book/Manuscript title
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John Buttery music manuscript collection
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Tune and/or Page number
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No. 30, p. 7
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Year of publication/Date of MS
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c. 1784-1820
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Artist
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Title of recording
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Score ()
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X:1
T:Air [27]
T:Retreat, A
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 30, p. 7)
N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln,
N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in
N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs.
N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see
N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
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