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Theme code Index
1H1H1H5H 2H4H3H0
Also known as
Smile America
Composer/Core Source
Biography:Thomas Arne
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece, March/Marche
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/2, 4/4
History
Structure
AB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Henry Roberts
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Clio and Euterpe or British Harmony vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number
pp. 20-21
Year of publication/Date of MS
1758
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
X:1
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T:Rule Britannia
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air and March
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 524, p. 200)
N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
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