Annotation:Duke's Retreat: Difference between revisions

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DUKE'S RETREAT. English, Irish?, Hornpipe or Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This tune is a version of the English hornpipe or reel printed by Frank Kidson in his Old English Country Dances (p. 23), where it appears under the title "Number One."

Source for notated version: fiddler Alec Kerr of Laharn, County Antrim, who recorded for Breathnach in 1969 [Breathnach]. Number .

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 313 (appears as untitled hornpipe). O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; p. 103.

Recorded sources:

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''DUKE'S RETREAT'''. Scottish? Irish?, Hornpipe or Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also the related melody in printed by Frank Kidson in his '''Old English Country Dances''' (p. 23).
+'''DUKE'S RETREAT'''. English, Irish?, Hornpipe or Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This tune is a version of the English hornpipe or reel printed by Frank Kidson in his '''Old English Country Dances''' (p. 23), where it appears under the title "Number One."
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