Princess Amelia's Birthday

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Theme code Index	1535 1233
Also known as	Princess Amelia's Birth Day
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:John Walsh
Book/Manuscript title	Book:The Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing Master 3rd edition
Tune and/or Page number	p. 30
Year of publication/Date of MS	1735
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Princess Amelia's Birthday: Annotations

X:1
T:Princess Amelia's Birthday. WCD3/2.030
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:vmp. Peter Dunk 2015 www.village-music-project.org.uk
B:Walsh, Compleat Country Dancing Master, 3rd Series, 2nd Bk, 3rd Ed., 1749
K:A
A2e e2f|c2d e3|ABc Bcd|c2B cBA|A2e e2f|c2d e3|
ABc Bcd|c2B cBA::d2c B2A|G2F E3|A2E B2E|
d2c B3|d2c B2A|G2F E3|A2E Bcd|cdB A3:|
W: -
W:Each Strain Twice.
W: -

X:1
T:Princess Amelia's Birth Day. JJo2.027
Q:3/8=135
M:6/8
B:J.Johnson Choice Collection Vol 2 after c1750
Z:vmp.Mike Hicken 2014 www.village-music-project.org.uk
L:1/8
K:A
A2e e2f|c2d e3|ABc Bcd|c2B cBA|
A2e e2f|c2d e3|ABc Bcd|c2B cBA||
d2c B2A|G2F E3|A2EB2E|d2c B3|
d2c B2A|G2F E3|A2E Bcd|cdB A3 |]
W: -
W:Each Strain twice
W: -

X: 1
T: Princess Amelia's Birth Day
P: Longways for &c.
%R: jig
B: "Caledonian Country Dances" printed by John Walsh for John Johnson, London
S: 1: CCDTB http://imslp.org/wiki/Caledonian_Country_Dances_with_a_Thorough_Bass_(Various) p.65 p.65
S: 6: CCDM2 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.2 #22 (30)
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Repeats added to satisfy the "Each Strain twice" instruction.
N: First bass note (b) is clearly wrong; rewritten as a.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: A
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V: 1
|:\
A2e e2f | c2d e3 | ABc Bcd | c2B cBA |\
A2e e2f | c2d e3 | ABc Bcd | c2B cBA :|
|:\
d2c B2A | G2F E3 | A2E B2E | d2c B3 |\
d2c B2A | G2F E3 | A2E Bcd | cdB A3 :|
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V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
|:\
a3- a2d | A2B cBA | a3 g3 | a2e A3 |\
a3- a2d | A2c cBA | c3 d3 | e3  A3 :|
|:\
b2a g2f | e2d c2B | A2a g2a | b2a g2a |\
b2a g2a | e2d c2B | A3  d3  | e3  A3 :|
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W: -
W:Each Strain twice.
W:
W:The 1st Cu cross over and turn, then change over at Top and lead outsides .|
W:and Back to Back sides & turn, the 1st Cu. being all at Bottom :|
W:then Hands round at Top, then Right and Left quite round at Top .|
W:Then the first Man heys at Top, and the Wo. at the Bottom, and turn it out :|

Princess Amelia's Birthday: Annotations