Annotation:Italian Dance
X:1 T:Italian Dance M:C L:1/8 B:John Hall – “A Selection of Strathspeys Reels, Waltzes & Irish Jigs” (c. 1818, p. 23) 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 (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:D abaf d2d2|[F2A2][F2A2][G2B2][F2A2]|abaf d2d2|edef d2z2:| |:e2 eg f2a2|e2 eg f2a2|(ab).c.A (de).f.g|fedc d2z2:| |:"8va"FAFA GB E2|EGEG FA D2|FAFA GBGB|AGFE D2z2:|]
ITALIAN DANCE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was entered as "Fair Italian" in the c. 1850 music manuscript collection of Manchester, England, musician biography:John Roose.
