Annotation:Opera Hat (The)

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OPERA HAT, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). England, Shropshire. G Major: D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A country dance tune that appears in several early 19th century English musicians' music manuscript collections, including those of John Clare (1793-1864, Helpston, Northamptonshire), Thomas Sands (Lincolnshire, c. 1810), John Moore (1837-40, Shropshire), and William Calvert (Leyburn, Yorkshire, 1812). Editor Gordon Ashman points out the tune is almost identical with "A Russian Dance," also found in Moore's MS. See also "New Opera Hat," a different tune that has appeared as "Opera Hat" in a few manuscripts.

Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman].

Printed sources: Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 13b, p. 2.

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