Maid of Athens

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 Theme code Index    3542 351H6
 Also known as    Maid I Daren't Tell (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Contra, Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 46
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1883
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Maid of Athens M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:White's Unique Collection (1896), No. 73 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D FAAF GFED | FAAc dABG | FAAF GFGB | AFdF E2D2 | FAAF GFED | FAAc dBAG | FAAF GFGB | AFdF E2D2 :| |: fddf geeg | fded (cA) A2 | fddf geeg | fdec d2d2 | fddf geeg | fded (cA)A2 | FAAF GFGB | AFdF E2D2 :|]


X:1 T:Reel [61] T:Untitled M:C L:1/8 R:Reel N:A version of "Hornless Cow (1) (The)." The 1st strain is also cognate with N:"Maid of Athens", but the 2nd strains differ in places. B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 159, p. 34) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=33&z=226.1512%2C202.5303%2C2572.7412%2C1234.6572 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D FAAF GFED|FAAc dABG|FAAF GBdB|AFDF E2D2:| Afdf g2 gb|afdf eB B2|afdf g2 bg|afdf e2d2| Afdf g2 gb|afdf eB B2|defg afbg|afdf e2d2||