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Theme code Index
1H565 62H3H2H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
ENGLAND(North East)
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Lawrence Leadley
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Lawrence Leadley's music manuscript
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
c. 1840's
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X: 1
T:May Day. VWMLa.178
R:Jig
S:Anon. MS, late 18thC, Vaughan Williams Mem. Library
O:England;Yorkshire
Z:vmp/efdss.Simon Wilson. Reviewed PJH 2008.
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
K:D
A|d2d A2A|BdB A3|Bcd efg|fed cBA|
d2d A2A|BdB A2g|fed edc|d3 D2:|
|:"P"a|(a2f) d2b|(g2e) c2a|f2d B2e|(cd).e A2A|
"^F"BdB cec|dfa a2g|fed Adc|d3 D2:|