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'''LINNEN HALL.''' English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Raven): AABB (Aird, Williamson). | '''LINNEN HALL.''' English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Raven): AABB (Aird, Williamson). In addition to the published versions below, the tune appears in the music manuscript collection of fiddler John Fife, who probably hailed from Perthshire, and who may have also made entries at sea (there are references to battles in Caribbean & the Mediterranean). | ||
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LINNEN HALL. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Raven): AABB (Aird, Williamson). In addition to the published versions below, the tune appears in the music manuscript collection of fiddler John Fife, who probably hailed from Perthshire, and who may have also made entries at sea (there are references to battles in Caribbean & the Mediterranean).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 127, p. 46. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 31. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4), 1780; p. 77. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; p. 22.
Recorded sources:
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