Moon and Seven Stars (The)

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 Theme code Index    1H545 62H3H7
 Also known as    Grand Parade (1) (The), Seven Stars
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, United States
 Genre/Style    Contra, English
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Aird
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 9, p. 4
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1782
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Moon and Seven Stars, The T:Seven Stars M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 9, p. 4) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d2A AGF|GAB A3|Bcd efg|fed cBA| d2A AGF|GAB A3|Bcd efg|Adc d3:| |:e2A A2f|efg f3|fgf e2d|cdB A3| BGB AFA|BGB AFA|Bcd efg|Adc d3:|]


X:2 C:Page 46 S:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815 O:England;Cumbria;Towcett Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012 T:Moon and Seven Stars. MBe.95, The M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=100 R:.Jig N:NB-This note was written as a crotchet, and I've changed it to a dotted crotchet F:http://www.village-music-project.org.uk/abc/betham.abc K:D d2 A A2 F|GAB A3|Bcd efg|fed cBA| d2 A A2 F|GAB A3|Bcd efg|ABc "^NB"d3:| |:e2 A A2 f|efa ~f3|efg fed|cde A3| BGB AFA|BGB AFA|Bcd cde|Adc d3:|


X:34 T:Moon & Seven Stars. Roose.0069, The T:Seven Stars,aka. Roose.0069 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=110 B:John Roose MS, Manchester, 1850 Z:Village Music Project. Steve Mansfield, 2019 K:D d2A AGF | GAB A3 | Bcd efg | fed cBA | d2A AGF | GAB A3 | Bcd efg | Adc d3 :| |: e2A A2f | efg f3 | fgf e2d | cdB A3 | BGB AFA | BGB AFA | Bcd efg | Adc d3 :|


X:14 T:Seven Stars. Roose.0694, The T:Moon and Seven Stars. Roose.0694, The N:the tune's distinctive E note beginning the B part is mistakenly(?) written as a D N:see the same tune (with usual E note beginning the B part) at Roose #0069 L:1/8 M:6/8 Q:3/8=100 B:J.Roose MS, Manchester 1850 Z:Village Music Project. Ian Hayden 2019 K:D d2A AGF|GAB A3|Bcd efg|fed cBA| d2A AGF|GAB A3|Bcd efg|Adc d3:| |:"_NB"d2A A2f|efg f3|fgf e2d|cdB A3| BGB AFA|BGB AFA|Bcd efg|Adc d3:|


X:1 T:Moon & Seven Stars, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:James Goodman music manuscript collection, Book 2, p. 5 (mid-19th century) B:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=7&z=931.4444%2C1180.7018%2C6748.648%2C2584.8765 N:Copied from James Aird's "Selection vol. 1" (1782) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d2A AGF|GAB A3|Bcd efg|fed cBA| d2A AGF|FGA A3|Bcd efg|Adc d3:| |:e2A A2f|efg f3|fgf e2d|cdB A3| BGB AFA|BGB AFA|Bcd efg|Adc d3:|]


X:3 T:Moon & Seven Stars M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Joseph Crawhall music manuscript collection (Northumberland, 1872) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d2A AGF|GAB A3|Bcd efg|fed cBA| d2A AGF|GAB A3|Bcd efg|Adc d3:| |:e2A A2f|efg f3|fgf e2d|cdB A3| BGB AFA|BGB AFA|Bcd efg|Adc d3:|]


X:2 T:Moon and Seven Stars, The T:Seven Stars M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d2A A2F | GAB A3 | Bcd efg | fed cBA | d2A A2F | GAB A3 | Bcd efg | Adc d2 :| |: e2A A2f | efg f3 | efg fed | cde A3 | BGB AFA | BGB AFA | Bcd cde | Adc d2 :|