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X:1 T:Russian Dance [2] M:2/4 L:1/8 B:William Cahusac – The German Flute Preceptor (c. 1814, p. 20) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (A/d/)|f(A/d/) f(A/d/)|(g/a/)(f/g/) e(A/c/) | e(A/c/) e(d/e/)|(f/g/)(e/f/) d:| (a/g/)|f(f/e/) d(d'/c'/)|(b/^a/)(b/a/) (b/=a/)(g/f/)|(e/f/)(d/e/) (c/e/)(a/c/)|{e}(d/c/)(c/d/) d:|]



RUSSIAN DANCE [2], A. AKA and see “Bang It Up,” “Coco Bram,” "Opera Hat (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). England; Shropshire, Yorkshire, East Anglia, Somerset. C Major (Leadley): D Major (Cahusac, Clarke): G Major (Wilson, Winter). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Russian Dance [2]" was also entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter (1774-1861), a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]; an MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle].

Printed sources : - Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 103b1, p. 42. William Cahusac (The German Flute Preceptor), c. 1814; p. 20. Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 100, p. 55. Edward Riley (Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 1), New York, 1814; No. 182, p. 47. Wilson (A Companion to the Ball Room), 1816; p. 119. Geoff Woolfe (William Winter’s Quantocks Tune Book), 2007; No. 314, p. 112 (ms. originally dated 1850).






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