Buck's Phaeton (The)

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Theme code Index	22 35 22 11
Also known as	Trip to Windsor (A)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 55
Year of publication/Date of MS	1773
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BUCKS PHAETON, THE. AKA - "A Trip to Windsor." English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson's third country dance collection (London, 1773). 'Bucks' refers to young 'gentlemen', while 'phaeton' was a type of horse-drawn carriage (a classical allusion to Phaeton, who attempted to drive the Sun-god's chariot). The phaeton was an open-sided carriage, owner-driven, that usually had a top or roof to protect against the elements.

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 55.

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T:Bucks Phaeton, The, or A Trip to Windsor
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
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