Heroes of Salamanca

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 Theme code Index    3451 61H53
 Also known as    Kerr's Irish Quickstep
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 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    ENGLAND(North West)
 Structure    AABA
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Matthew Betham
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Matthew Betham music manuscript collection
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 18, p. 9
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1815
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X:18 C:Page 09 T:Hero(e)s of Salamanca. MBe.18 A:England;Cumbria;Towcett B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815 Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=100 R: N:The battle of Salamanca was fought in 1812 in Spain, so the book must be later than this. N:NB1-These first two semi-quavers were written before the repeat mark. I have deleted the repeat mark. N:NB2-The last bar of the A has two crotchets written. I have changed the first to a dotted crotchet. K:D "^NB1"A/G/|!segno!F2 F {A} GFG|AFD DFA|BAB dcB|ABG FGE| F2 F {A} GFG|AFD DFA|Bgf eac|"^NB2"(d3 d2)!fine!:| |:(c/d/)|e2 c Ace|f2 d Adf|g2 e f2 d|{cd}e2 c A2 c/d/| {f} e2 c Ace|{g} f2 d Adf|efd cdB|ABG FGE!D.C.!:|


X: 1 T:Heroes of Salamanca, The M:6/8 O:England A:North-West R:Jig K:D A/G/|F2F {A}GFG| AFD DFA| B^AB dcB| ABG FGE| F2F {A}GFG| AFD DFA| Bgf eac| d3 d2:| c/d/|:e2c Ace| f2d Adf| g2e f2d| {cd}e2c A2c/d/| {f}e2c Ace| {g}f2d Adf| efd cdB|1 ABG FGA :|2 ABG FGE|]