Beau's Retreat (The)

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Theme code Index	13b 7bL4L 1L2 52
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Triple Hornpipe
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	John Young
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Dancing Master (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 305
Year of publication/Date of MS	1728
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BEAU'S RETREAT, THE. English, "Old" or Triple Hornpipe (3/2 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune appears with longways dance instructions in John Young's 1718 and 1728 editions of The Dancing Master (London), and in Walsh's Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing Master (London, 1719).

Printed source: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2). 2005; pg. 8.

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