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 Theme code Index    3bH3bH2H7 3bH3bH4H2H
 Also known as    Rigodoon
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/4
 History    ENGLAND(London and South East)
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    Thomas Bray
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Country Dances
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1699
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 Title of recording    
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Rigodoon M:6/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Thomas Bray – “Country Dances” (London, 1699) N:The volume was dedicated to the 10 yr. old Duke of N:Gloucester, William Henry, son of Queen Anne. N:Bray was a theatrical dancer and dancing master in N:London in the 1690’s. The tune is “Rigodoon” and N:appears in Bray’s collection as the vehicle for his dance N:’St. James’s House’. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin A2|f4e2 (f2b2)g2|(e2a2)d2 (^c2e2)a2|f4e2 (f2b2)a2|f6 e4a2| f4 e2 (f2b2)g2|(e2a2)d2 ^c2e2a2|f3ge2 e4d2|(d6 d4)AB| c6 ^c6|d2e2f2 e2f2g2|f2g2a2 g2a2b2|a2f2c2f2c2A2| c2A2F2 f2g2e2|(f6 f4) ga|b6g6|a2 bagf g2 agfe| f2 gfed ^cd e2A2|d6 e6|f2 efdf e4^c2|(d6 d2)|]