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Theme code Index
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
England/North East"England/North East" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
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Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist
Title of recording
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Year recorded
Media
Score ()
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X:1
T:Be Merry and Wise
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:William Vickers music manuscript (Northumberland, 1770)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
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|:g|fdeA fdeA|FABd B2E2|fdeA fdeA|cefg"tr"f2d2:||
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BE MERRY AND WISE. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Source for notated version: the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom, unfortunately, nothing is known [Seattle].
Printed source: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 225.
