Barham Down (1)

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 Theme code Index    525 542
 Also known as    Barham Downs
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Triple Hornpipe
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/2, 6/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Henry Playford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Dancing Master (The) 11th Ed.
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 297
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1701
 Artist    Biography:Bare Necessities
 Title of recording    English Country Dances
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Varrick C-VR-013
 Year recorded    1987
 Media    
 Score   ()   


X:1
T:Barham Down [1]
M:3/2
L:1/8
R:Triple Hornpipe
B:Playford - Dancing Master, 11th edition (London, 1701)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A2 GF E2D2A2d2|A2 GF G2A2E4|A2 GF E2D2A2c2|
d2 (ef) (gf)(ed) d4::a2f2d2 a2f2d2|g2B2e2B2 c4|
c2 (cB) (AG)(FE) (FG)(AF)|B2 (cd) (cd)(ec) d4:|]


BARHAM DOWN [1]. English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 or 3/2 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Barham Downs, Kent, lie just to the north of the village of Barham, estabished in Saxon times. The tune was originally published in Henry Playford's Dancing Master [1] (11th edition, 1701), and continued to appear in the long running series until the end, with the 18th edition in 1728 (published at that time by John Young).

Printed source: Barlow (Complete Country Dances from Playford's Dancing Master), 1985; No. 413, p. 96. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1989.

Recorded source: Varrick C-VR-013, Bare Necessities - "English Country Dances" (1987).

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