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1355 7L244
Also known as
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. 47
Year of publication/Date of MS
1765
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:Hour Glass, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:The c note in the 3rd measure, 2nd part, may be sharped.
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G2A B2c|dBG dBG|F2G A2B|cAF cAF|
G2A B2c|dBG dBG|AcB AGF|G3g3:|
|:d2e f2g|afd afd|c2d e2f|ge^c|ge^c|
d2e f2g|afd afd|egf ed^c|d3 d3:||
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