Air (30)

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Theme code Index	534 566
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	John Buttery
Book/Manuscript title	Book:John Buttery music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 29, p.6
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1784-1820
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Air (30): Annotations

X:1 T:Retreat, A T:Air [30] M:3/4 L:1/8 S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 29, p. 6) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d2B2c2|d2 Te4|d2B2c2|dB G2F2| d2B2c2|d2 Te4|d2 (3gfe (3dcB|B2 A4:| |:A2 (3cBA (3cBA|B2c2d2|D2 (3cBA (3cBA|B2c2d2| d2B2c2|dgfagd|(f/e/d/c/) B2 A2|G6:|]

Air (30): Annotations