Beverley Assembly

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Theme code Index	1554 3434
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
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.
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Vickers
Book/Manuscript title	Book:William Vickers' music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 343
Year of publication/Date of MS	1770
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<abc float="left"> X:1 T:Beverley Assembly M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G GBdg dBcA|BG cA BG cA|GBdg dBcA|BG AF G2G,2:| |:(g/a/b) eg (f/g/a) df|e/f/g/f/ ed ^cBAg|f/g/a Ba ^cA Ag|fdec d2D2:|| </abc>

BEVERLEY ASSEMBLY. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. See note for "Beverley Races," below. Beverley is in east Yorkshire, and the dance assembly events were probably held during racing season. The melody appears in J. Johnson's A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4 (1748, pg. 32), David Rutherford's Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances, vol. 1st (c. 1756, pg. 47), and an untitled manuscript of c. 1770 in the British Library (Addl. 23971), as well as William Vickers' c. 1770-1772 manuscript.

Printed source: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 343.

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