Don Fisco

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 Theme code Index    2H1H2H1H 661H1H
 Also known as    Aldridge's Allemand, Donfisco, Ridotto al Fresco, Unity
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 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Contra
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4, 2/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Joshua Cushing
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Fifer's Companion No. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 52
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1805
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Don Fisco M:2/4 L:1/8 S:John Greenwood music manuscript collection (p. 31) N:Manuscript book of music given to Greenwood by a British fife-major, N:probably after 1780. According to 'Early American Secular Music and N:Its European Sources, 15891839: An Index', viewed August 6, 2012), N:the music is probably for German flute or violin, and it is a leisure N:collection for a gentleman and not music for use in the military as some N:sources suggest. N:Fife-major, 15th Massachusetts Regiment; he later became a dentist in New York City K:D f|e/g/e/c/ df|e/g/e/c/ dA|BA Bc|(d/c/d/e/) df| e/g/e/c/ df|e/g/e/c/ dA|BA Bc|d3:|| |:g|f/a/f/d/ f/a/f/d/|g/b/g/e/ g/b/g/e/|f/a/f/d/ f/a/f/d/|c/e/c/e/ Ag| f/a/f/d/ f/a/f/d/|g/b/g/e/ g/b/g/e/|f/a/f/d/ e/g/e/c/|d3 :|]