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Theme code Index
3b527bL 3b211L
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Duncan MacIntyre
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
A
Accidental
NONE
Mode
Aeolian (minor)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Duncan MacIntyre
Book/Manuscript title
Book:A Collection of Slow Airs Reels & Strathspeys
Tune and/or Page number
p. 31
Year of publication/Date of MS
1794
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:Sir William Black's Lament
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Very Slow"
B:MacIntyre – Collection of Slow Airs, Reels & Strathspeys (1794)31
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
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