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 Theme code Index    3L143 51H34
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Georg Friedrich Handel
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    John Hall
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Selection of Strathspeys Reels Waltzes & Irish Jigs
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 3
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1818
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Air C:Georg Fredrich Handel M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:”Allegretto” B:John Hall – “A Selection of Strathspeys Reels, Waltzes & Irish Jigs” (c. 1818, p. 3) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104981834 N:”Printed and sold by John Hall, at his Music Room.” N:Hall was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland. N:Hall (1788-1862) was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland. His dancing master’s ‘kit’ N:(a small fiddle) used in his dancing lessons, is still preserved. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb V:1 DF Bd|ed/c/ d2|cFfc|dc/B/ cF|DF Bd|ed/c/ d2|fcdB|FA B2!fermata!:| |:dfcf|Bf A2|GccB|AG/F/ GC|Gccf|=efgc|BA/G/ AF|C>E F2!D.C.!|| V:2 cleff=bass B,,2 D,B,,|C,F, B,2|F,A,F,A,|B,2 [F,2A,2]|B,,2 D,B,,|C,F, B,2|A,2B,2|F,2B,,2!fermata!:| |:B,2 A,C|[F,2D,2][F,2C2]|[E,2C2][=E,2C2]|[F,2C2]C,2|=E,2F,2|C,2=E,2|G,E, F,2|C,2F,2!D.C.!||