Blaize et Babet

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Theme code Index	3231 26L15L
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABA
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Roger Trim et al
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Musical Heritage of Thomas Hardy vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 89
Year of publication/Date of MS	1990
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BLAIZE ET BABET. English, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA. From The Entire New and Compleat Tutor for the Violin by Geminiani, via the Hardy Collection. Blaize et Babet was a comic opera by the French composer Nicolas Dezède (d. 1793).

Printed source: Trim et al (The Musical Heritage of Thomas Hardy, vol. 1), 1990; No. 89.

Recorded source: The earliest sound recording of the tune is on the 2nd Barrel, 8th tune, of a mechanical Chamber Barrel Organ [1], hand-built by John Langshaw (1718-1798), Organ Maker, Lancaster, c. 1785. The organ is one of three surviving Langshaw organs.