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Theme code Index
3135 4325L
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
A
Accidental
3 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:William Vickers
Book/Manuscript title
Book:William Vickers' music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number
No. 545
Year of publication/Date of MS
1770
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
COUNTRY DANCE--BY SHIELDS . English, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The Fashionable Lover" was crossed out in the original MS. by Vickers (Seattle). William Shields (1749-1829) was a theatre composer of the later 18th century, renowned in his lifetime.
Printed source: Seattle (William Vickers ), 1987, Part 3; No. 545.
X:1
T:Country Dance -- by Shields
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:William Vickers' music manuscript (1770)
K:A
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