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Theme code Index	15L12 3b3b3b3b
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	2/2
History	ENGLAND(London and South East)
Structure	ABB
Editor/Compiler	John Playford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:The English Dancing Master
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1651
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Year recorded
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Tune annotations


X:1
T:Prince Rupert's March
M:2/2
L:1/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes   (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
(C2| A2) (E2 A2B2 | c3d c2) (c2 | B2A2) (A2^G2 | A6) (C2 | 
A2) (E2 A2B2 | c3d c2) (c2 | B2A2) (A2^G2 | A6) || 
|: (B2 | B3 A Bc d2) | (G3A G2) (G2 | c2) c2 (dede | c6) (c2 | 
B3A Bc d2) |(G3 A G2) (c2 | B2A2) (A2^G2 | A6) :|

X: 1
T: Prince Rupert's March
P: Longways for Eight
%R: march
B: "The Dancing-Master: Containing Directions and Tunes for Dancing" printed by W. Pearson for John Walsh, London ca. 1709
S: 7: DMDfD http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89751228 p.37 "E"
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Both strains should probably be repeated.
N: The dance is in 3 sections, with each section having two columns.  "##" is used to mark the columns.
M: C|
L: 1/4
K: Ddor
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d |\
dA de | f>g ff | ed d^c | d3 |][| d | e>d e/f/g | c>d cc |
ff g/a/ g/a/ | f3 f | f>d e/fg | c>d cf | ed d^c | d3 |]
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