Bonny Ladd and Bonny Lass (The)

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 Theme code Index    3553 4664
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 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:John & William Neal
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Choice Collection of Country Dances
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 24
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1726
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 Title of recording    
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BONNY LAD AND BONNY LASS, THE. Irish, Country Dance Tune (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in John and William Neal's Choice Collection of Country Dances, printed in Dublin in 1726. While the volume contains some Irish melodies, the majority appear to be of English and/or Scots origin. The Neals (father and son) were musical instrument makers the foremost music publishers in the city at the time.


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