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LOUVER, THE. AKA - "The Louvre." Scottish, Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. As "The Louvre", the air appears in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Tutor for the Hautboy (London, 1758, p. 20) and Robert Bremner's Delightful Pocket Companion for the German Flute (London, 1763). It was entered into the music manuscript copybook of New York flute player Micah Hawkins around 1794.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: McGlashan (Collection of Scots Measures), c. 1780; p. 34.

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