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Theme code Index
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5H5h2H2H 4H2H72H
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Also known as
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Composer/Core Source
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Region
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England
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Genre/Style
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English
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Meter/Rhythm
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Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
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Key/Tonic of
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D
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Accidental
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2 sharps
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Mode
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Ionian (Major)
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Time signature
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6/8
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History
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Structure
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AABB
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Editor/Compiler
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Samuel Ann & Peter Thompson
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Book/Manuscript title
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Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1787
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Tune and/or Page number
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p. 22
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Year of publication/Date of MS
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1787
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Artist
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Title of recording
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Score ()
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X:1
T:Ferry Boat, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:Under section of "Dances, 1787".
B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1788, p. 22)
B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - 24 Country Dances for the Year 1787 (London, 1787, p. 22)
N:" As they are Perform'd at Court, Bath and all Publick Assemblys ."
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
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afd afd|ecA ecA|g2f e2d|edc d3:|
|:FAd FAd|GBd GBd|ABc def|e2d c2A|
FAd FAd|GBd GBd|ABc def|edc d2:|]
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