Bras d'Or House

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 Theme code Index    1353 3H2H1H5
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Alex MacDonald
 Region    Canada
 Genre/Style    Cape Breton/PEI
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    CANADA(Maritimes/English)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Gordon F. MacQuarrie
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Cape Breton Collection of Scottish Melodies
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 14
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1940
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   ()   


BRAS D'OR HOUSE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Highland bagpiper Pipe Major Alex MacDonald.

Printed source: Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 83, p. 33. MacQuarrie (Cape Breton Collection of Scottish Melodies), 1940; p. 14.

Recorded source:

See also listings at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]


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T:Bras d'Or House
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
C:Pipe Major Alex MacDonald
B:Cape Breton Collection (1940)
K:D
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