Annotation:Niger's Quadrille (4)
X:1 T:Niger's Quadrille No. 4 M:6/8 L:1/8 S:William Winter music manuscript (1850, Somerset) K:D (D/E/F/)|G3 BAG|F3 AGF|EFG...
NIGER'S QUADRILLE [4]. AKA - "Niger's Quadrille No. 4." English, Quadrille part (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCC. "Niger's Quadrille [4]" is part of a quadrille set derived from blackface minstrel repertory, which had become popular in England when imported in the mid-1840's. It is contained in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter (1774-1861), a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England.
