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 Theme code Index    132 223L
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 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/2
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Peter Barnes
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:English Country Dance Tunes vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 26
 Year of publication/Date of MS    2005
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
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CUPID'S BRIDGE. English, Country Dance Tune (3/2 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in Thomas Bray's Country Dances, 1699). Bray was a dancer and dancing master at Drury Lane and Dorset Garden theatres in the late 17th century. Cupids Bridge spanned the Thames at Lambeth.

Printed source: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 26.


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