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Theme code Index
1H71H2H 3bH2H3bH4H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
1 flat
Mode
Aeolian (minor)
Time signature
6/4
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Daniel Wright
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances
Tune and/or Page number
p. 93
Year of publication/Date of MS
1740
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:Old Captain, The
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:County Dance
B:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (London, 1740, p. 93)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Dmin
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a4a2 b4a2|a4g2 a6|f4g2 a2g2a2|g4f2 f4:|
|:a4f2 a4b2|a4g2 g6|e4c2 d2f2c2|B4A2 A6|^c4A2d4f2|
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