Annotation:Fair Italian
X:0264 T:Fair Italian. Roose.0264. T:Italian Dance,aka. Roose.0264 B:Roose MS, Manchester, 1850 Z:Village Music Project.2019.Greg Bradfield-Smith. N:Almost identical setting as "Italian Dance", Tunes, Songs and Dances from the 1798 manuscript of Joshua Jackson - Vol.1 M:2/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=120 K:D clef=treble a2af|d2d2|A2A2|B2A2|a2af|d2d2edef|d2z2:| |:e2eg|f2a2|e2eg|e2a2|ABcA|defg|fedc|d2z2:| |:FAFA|GBE2|FAFA|FGD2|FAFA|GBGB|AGFE|D2D2:|
FAIR ITALIAN. AKA and see "Italian Dance." English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The tune was printed as "Italian Dance" in the published volumes of Thomas Skillern and John Hall. It appears as "Fair Italian" in Manchester, England, musician John Roose's c. 1850 music manuscript collection.
