Annotation:Juliana
Tune properties and standard notation
JULIANA. English, Jig. G Major (Miller): C Major (Barnes): A Major (Kennedy). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Kennedy, Miller): AABBCC (Barnes). The melody appears in dancing master Thomas Wilson's Companion to the Ball Room (London, 1816). A version of the tune also appears in Edward Riley's Flute Melodies (New York, 1814-1816) and in the music manuscript collection of Frank Johnson, inscribed "Presented to Mrs. A. Rush by Frank Johnson, a Black Musician" (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia). Johnson was an African-American musician, principally a coronet player, who rose from humble beginnings to become one of Philadelphia's premier bandleaders in the early 19th century.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 68. Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 90, p. 22. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 65, p. 49.
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