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 Theme code Index    1H1H4H2H 5H4H2H7
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    ENGLAND(North West)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Samuel Ann & Peter Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 5
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1788
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
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X:1
T:Arcadian Contest, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson -- Complete Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (London, 1788, p. 11)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
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d2d def|gfg efg|aba gec|d3 D2:|
|:a|aba agf|gec Ace|gag gfe|fdA FDf|
(d/e/f)d (e/f/g)e|(f/g/a)f (g/a/b)g|afd gec|d3 D2:|]









ARCADIAN CONTEST, THE. English, Jig. England, North West. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Printed source: Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 74.

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