Bristol Lasses

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Theme code Index	1561H 5226L
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Vickers
Book/Manuscript title	Book:William Vickers' music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 526
Year of publication/Date of MS	1770
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BRISTOL LASSES. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The name Bristol (Glouchestershire) is an Anglo-Saxon name, given as Bricgstow in 1063, 'the meeting place by the bridge.' It was an important Saxon town, having its own mint, and later became England's second port. Eleanor of Brittany, the granddaughter of Henry II, was confined by king John in 1203 at various castles in the area and remained a prisoner for thirty-nine years until her death at Bristol Castle. Queen Elizabeth I visited Bristol in 1574 and remarked that the Church of St. Mary's was the "fairest and goodliest" church in the land.

Printed source: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 526.

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