Annotation:Coronation (The)
X:1 T:Coronation, The M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g2d Tc2B|A2G AFD|g2d c2B|AGF G3| g2d c2B|A2G AFD|B2^c d2g|fge Td3:| |:d2g f2e|d^cd ecA|d2g f2e|de^c def| g2d Tc2B|A2G AFD|g2d Tc2B|AGF G3:||
CORONATION, THE. English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title perhaps refers to the coronation of Hanoverian king George III and his wife Charlotte as King and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on Tuesday, 22 September 1761, about two weeks after they were married in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.
Some melodic material from the first strain is shared with "Duke of York (2) (The)."
