General Toast (The)

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Theme code Index	11H65 11H65
Also known as	Gamest Toast (The), Here's to the Maiden
Composer/Core Source	John Peacock, Biography:Ellis Knowles
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	ENGLAND(North East)
Structure	One part, AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Samuel Ann & Peter Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:The Hibernian Muse; a Collection of Irish Airs including the Most Favourite Compositions of Carolan
Tune and/or Page number	No. 71, p. 45
Year of publication/Date of MS	1787
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General Toast (The): Annotations

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T:General Toast, The – In the School for Scandal
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Samuel, Anne & Peter Thompson – The Hibernian Muse 
B:(London, 1787, No. 71, p. 45)
N:”A Collection of the most Favorite Compositions 
N:of Carolan the Celebrated Irish Bard”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>AG gfg|ede d3|GAG gfg|Te3 d3|
G>AG gfg|ede !fermata!d2d|cdc BcB|TA3 G3|
Bcd d3|dcB A2A|Bcd ded|cBA G3|
Bcd d3|dcB A2A|Bcd dgd|cBA G3||

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T:General Toast, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish 
B:and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 512, p. 196)
N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive 
N:Bands of Great Britain and Ireland”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>AG g>fg|edc B2A|G>AG g>fg|e3 d3|
G>AG g>fg|edc B2A|G>AG edc|B2A G3:|
|:Bcd d3e>dc B2G|B>cd d>gd|cBA G3|
Bcd d3|e>dc B2G|B>cd d>gd|cBA G3:|]

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T:General Toast
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:F
F>GF fef | dcd c2F | F>GF fef | d3c3 | 
F>GF fef | dcd c2A | B>cB cdc | G3F2F :|
|: A>Bc c3 | c>BA G2F | A>Bc c>dc | B>AG F3 | 
A>Bc c3 | c>BA G2F | A>Bc c>fc | B>AG F3 :|

General Toast (The): Annotations