Annotation:Glenn Towle

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GLENN TOWLE. New England, Contra Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major or G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Composed by musician and caller Dudley Laufman (Canterbury, New Hampshire) in memory to a young dancer who died in his teens. Donna Hebert remarks that the tune is used in New England for the contra dance Market Lass (see Annotation:Market Lass).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Fiddler Magazine, vol. 11, No. 2, 2004; p. 42. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; p. 19. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; p. 62.

Recorded sources: F&W Records 5, Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra - "Mistwold."

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