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'''JOLLY RINGERS, THE.''' English, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "The Jolly Ringers" is a song composed by English composer Charles Dibdin (1714-1814) for his comic opera '''Castles in the Air.''' | '''JOLLY RINGERS, THE.''' English, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "The Jolly Ringers" is a song composed by English composer Charles Dibdin (1714-1814) for his comic opera '''Castles in the Air.''' | ||
[[File:Dibdin.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Charles Dibdin]] | [[File:Dibdin.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Charles Dibdin]] | ||
The prolific Dibdin was one of the most popular English composers of his era, whose operas were regularly performed in London theatres including Salder's Wells, Covent Garden, Drury Lane and the Haymarket. | |||
[[File:ringers.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Broadside of The Jolly Ringers, c. 1794]] | |||
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JOLLY RINGERS, THE. English, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "The Jolly Ringers" is a song composed by English composer Charles Dibdin (1714-1814) for his comic opera Castles in the Air.
The prolific Dibdin was one of the most popular English composers of his era, whose operas were regularly performed in London theatres including Salder's Wells, Covent Garden, Drury Lane and the Haymarket.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scottish, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 197, p. 73.
Recorded sources: