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'''LOVE AND OPPORTUNITY.''' English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody also appears in the music manuscript collection of English musician John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840). | '''LOVE AND OPPORTUNITY.''' English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Love and Opportunity" was advertised in a bill for Sadler's Wells for Monday, June 2, 1788, as "A new dance, called Love and Opportunity. By Mr. Holland, Mr. Dubois, and Mons. Boi-Maison, Miss Brouguier, and Miss Bithmere." The melody also appears in the music manuscript collection of English musician John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840). | ||
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LOVE AND OPPORTUNITY. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Love and Opportunity" was advertised in a bill for Sadler's Wells for Monday, June 2, 1788, as "A new dance, called Love and Opportunity. By Mr. Holland, Mr. Dubois, and Mons. Boi-Maison, Miss Brouguier, and Miss Bithmere." The melody also appears in the music manuscript collection of English musician John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 159, p. 58.
Recorded sources:
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