Annotation:Celebrated Saxon Air (The)
X:1 T:Celebrated Saxon Air, The M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:”Andantino” B:”Melodist: A Collection of music in two volumes" (1826-1859, No. 101, p. 56) N:The melodist is a musician's ms., probably by a fiddler, that contains both N:tunes and songs from a variety of sources, American and European. The N:inscription on the inside cover reads, "This is from the Bridge family of N:Augusta, Maine (Horatio Bridge, friend of Hawthorne's)". However, entries in N:the ms. were in different hands indicating several contributors. N:The ms. is neat and the notation studied and precise. F: https://archive.org/details/Melodist/page/n57/mode/2up?view=theater Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d|(dA).f (fd).a|(a2g .f2)A|{c}B2-A (B2c)|.d.(df) d2d| (dA).f (fd).a|(a2g f2)A|{c}B2-A (B2c)|.d(df) d2:| |:a|(ac).c (c/d/e/f/g/e/)|(d/>c/d/e/f/g/) a>(^gb/a/)|(ac).c (c/d/e/f/g/e/)| .d/{e}d/4c/4 (d/e/f/g/ ^g/a/b/=g/e/c/)|(d2f) (d2f)|(f>ed/e/) d2A|{c}B2-A B2-c|.d(df) d2:|
CELEBRATED SAXON AIR, THE. English(?), Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The Celebrated Saxon Air" was also entered in the 1826-1859 anonymous music manuscript collection entitled Melodist: A Collection of music in two volumes, probably from the state of Maine.
