Annotation:Advent

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ADVENT. English, Air or March. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. A hymn by English composer John Wall Callcott (1766-1821), a student of Haydn's in London and organist. He was particularly famous for his catches, glees and cannons, for which he won many prizes. "Advent" is employed by Miller as a march.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 326, p. 193.

Recorded sources:

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