Annotation:Peter O'Tavy
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PETER O'TAVY. English, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Peter O'Tavy is the name of a dance from the Isle of Mann. Music and figures to the dance appear in the Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society (III, No. 2, pp. 110-116), in Mona Douglas's article "Manx Folk Dances: their Notation and Revival."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (Master Collection of Dance Music for the Violin), 1984; No. 29, p. 28.
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