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Theme code Index
3H1H51H 2H2H4H4H
Also known as
Trip to Birey
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/4
History
ENGLAND(North West)
Structure
AB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Joseph Kershaw
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Joseph Kershaw music manuscript
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
c. 1820
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
Oldham Rant: Annotations
X:1
T:Oldham Rant
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Rant
N:from the Kershaw ms., c. 1820, Lancashire
S:Gilchrist "Old Fiddlers' Tune Books of the Georgian Period" (JEFDSS, vol. 4, No. 1, Dec. 1940, p. 19)
K:D
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Oldham Rant: Annotations