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RALPH PAGE'S BREAKDOWN [2]. AKA – “Oh Brother Breakdown.” American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Miller): AABB' (Page). Composed by Ralph Page (1903-1985, New Hampshire), the “dean of the contra dance callers,” and a seminal figure in New England traditional dance and music for 40 years [1].

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 236, p. 144. Page (The Ralph Page Book of Contras), 1969; p. 19. Page, Northern Junket, vol. 10, no. 12, 1972.

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