Air (27)

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Theme code Index	756 312
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	John Buttery
Book/Manuscript title	Book:John Buttery music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 30, p. 7
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1784-1820
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Air (27): Annotations

X:1 T:Air [27] T:Retreat, A M:3/4 L:1/8 S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 30, p. 7) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D fd|c2A2 BG|F2D2 EF|G2E2C2|D4 AF| F2A2 de|fe fd|c2A2A2|A4:| |:AF|F2A2 de|f2e2 fd|c2 ABcA|d4 fd| c2A2 BG|F2D2 EF|G2E2C2|D4:|

Air (27): Annotations