Bartholomew Fair

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Theme code Index	3142 7L245
Also known as	Dutchwoman's Jigg
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	3 flats
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Chappell
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Popular Music of the Olden Times vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 77
Year of publication/Date of MS	1859
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BARTHOLOMEW FAIR. AKA and see "The Dutchwoman's Jigg." English, Air (6/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Bartholomew Fair was a fair held in West Smithfield, London, on St. Bartholomew's Day, the 24th of August (moved to September 3rd with the initiation of the new calendar in 1753), from 1133 to 1855. According to Chappell the melody can be found in 'Pills to Purge Melancholy (vol. i., 1699-1714, and vol. iii., 1719), The Dancing Master (1695 and later editions), The Quaker and other ballad operas. Chappell has identified the air's use in another ballad entitled "'Roger in amaize' or, 'The Countryman's Ramble through Bartholemew Fair'" (Pepys Collection).

Printed source: Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 2, 1859; p. 77.

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