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'''ARCADIAN CONTEST, THE.''' English, Country Dance and Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. | '''ARCADIAN CONTEST, THE.''' English, Country Dance and Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title refers to the play '''The Birth Day; Or, The Arcadian Contest''' staged in 1787. It was advertised as "A Musical Pastoral, as performed at the Royalty Theatre, Well Street, near Goodman's Fields. Composed by T. Carter." | ||
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X:1 T:Arcadian Contest, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson -- Complete Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1788, p. 11) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|d2d def|gfg efg|afd gfg|efd cBA| d2d def|gfg efg|aba gec|d3 D2:| |:a|aba agf|gec Ace|gag gfe|fdA FDf| (d/e/f)d (e/f/g)e|(f/g/a)f (g/a/b)g|afd gec|d3 D2:|]
ARCADIAN CONTEST, THE. English, Country Dance and Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title refers to the play The Birth Day; Or, The Arcadian Contest staged in 1787. It was advertised as "A Musical Pastoral, as performed at the Royalty Theatre, Well Street, near Goodman's Fields. Composed by T. Carter."
Printed sources: Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 74. Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson - "Complete Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances), 1788; p. 11.
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