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|f_annotation='''TRUE BRITON [2], THE.''' AKA and see “[[Grand Parade (1)]].English, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune under this title appears unique in published form to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. However, it had widespread currency under the titles “Seven Stars” or “Moon and Seven Stars” on both sides of the Atlantic.  
|f_annotation='''TRUE BRITON [2], THE.'''AKA - "Trew Britton." English, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune under this title appears unique in published form to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. It was entered twice into the large 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers.
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"The True Briton" was also the name of a popular song by Frederic Lampe (1703-1751), a German immigrant bassoonist who was the brother-in0-law of Dr. Arne, the name of several race-horses, and was at one time the name of a pub in Walmer, Kent<ref>Classified by G.A. Tomlin, "Pubs", 1922.</ref> The term "True Briton" was widely used as a descriptive in the 18th and 19th centuries.  
|f_source_for_notated_version=William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) [Seattle].
|f_source_for_notated_version=William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) [Seattle].
|f_printed_sources=Seattle ('''Great Northern Tune Book/William Vickers'''), 1987, Part 2; No. 212. Thompson ('''Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2''), 1765; No. 124.  
|f_printed_sources=Seattle ('''Great Northern Tune Book/William Vickers'''), 1987, Part 2; No. 212. Thompson ('''Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2'''), 1765; No. 124.
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TRUE BRITON [2], THE.AKA - "Trew Britton." English, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune under this title appears unique in published form to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. It was entered twice into the large 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers.

"The True Briton" was also the name of a popular song by Frederic Lampe (1703-1751), a German immigrant bassoonist who was the brother-in0-law of Dr. Arne, the name of several race-horses, and was at one time the name of a pub in Walmer, Kent[1] The term "True Briton" was widely used as a descriptive in the 18th and 19th centuries.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) [Seattle].

Printed sources : - Seattle (Great Northern Tune Book/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 212. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 124.






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  1. Classified by G.A. Tomlin, "Pubs", 1922.