Bristol Fair

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Theme code Index	13 24 34 27L
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 49
Year of publication/Date of MS	1757
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BRISTOL FAIR. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody first appeared in Sylvanus Urban's periodical The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronical (as "Bristol Fair, A Dance") printed in London in 1753. It was later published by John Johnson in Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 7 (London, 1756) and Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1757 country dance collection. In manuscript, it appears in the music copybooks of Cheapside, London, musician Walter Rainstorp (dated 1747) and Northumbrian musician William Vickers (1770). The name Bristol (Glouchestershire) is an Anglo-Saxon name, given as Bricgstow in 1063, 'the meeting place by the bridge.' The fair at Bristol was a major economic and cultural event, drawing traders and merchants from throughout England's West Country and Ireland.

Printed source: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 524. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 49.

X:1
T:Bristol Fair
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:G
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