Coronation (The)

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Theme code Index	1H422 1H421
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
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. 110
Year of publication/Date of MS	1765
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CORONATION, THE. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title perhaps refers to the coronation of Hanoverian king George III, who ruled from 1760-1820. Some melodic material from the first strain is shared with "Duke of York (2) (The)."

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 110.

X:1
T:Coronation, The
M:6/8
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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g2d !trill!c2B|A2G AFD|g2d c2B|AGF G3|g2d c2B|
A2G AFD|B2^c d2g|fge !trill!d3::d2g f2e|d^cd ecA|
d2g f2e|de^c def|g2d !trill!c2B|A2G AFD|g2d !trill!c2B|AGF G3:||