Barrington Polka

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Theme code Index	51H54 4721H
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Composer/Core Source	Biography:Robert Whinham
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm	Polka
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	ENGLAND(North East)
Structure	AABBCC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Graham Dixon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Remember Me
Tune and/or Page number	p. 42
Year of publication/Date of MS	1995
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BARRINGTON POLKA. English, Polka. England, Northumberland. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Composed by musician, teacher, composer, dancing master and fiddler Robert Whinham (1814-1893), originally from Morpeth. Dixon (1995) notes that Barrington Colliery was in the area of Ashington, Northumberland.

Source for notated version: the 19th century R. Davidson manuscript, in the Beamish Museum [Dixon].

Printed source: Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; p. 42.

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