Bookseller's Frolic (The)

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Theme code Index	1H2H1H3 1H3H2H5
Also known as
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. 2
Tune and/or Page number	No. 5
Year of publication/Date of MS	1765
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BOOKSELLER'S FROLIC, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1765 collection.

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 5.

X:1
T:Bookseller's Frolic, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion
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