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Theme code Index
5H5H1H1H 2H4H1H6
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance
Key/Tonic of
C
Accidental
NONE
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/4
History
ENGLAND(London and South East)
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Henry Thompson
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1805
Tune and/or Page number
p. 5
Year of publication/Date of MS
1805
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score (1 )
X:1
T:Beggar Boy
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:Thompson’s Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year
B:1805 (London, p. 5)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
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