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Theme code Index
1H53b1 3bH7b53b
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
English
Meter/Rhythm
Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
E
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Aeolian (minor)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:John Johnson
Book/Manuscript title
Book:A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 4
Tune and/or Page number
No. 111, p. 56
Year of publication/Date of MS
1748
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score 1 )
X: 1
T:Widow's Choice, The. JJo.111
B:J.Johnson Choice Collection Vol 4, 1748
Z:vmp.Steve Mansfield 2014 www.village-music-project.org.uk
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=90
K:Em
B | e^de BAB | GAB E2B | gfg dcd | BAB G2F |
GAB cBA | def gfe | dcB AGF | G3-G2 ||
G |Bcd dcB | cBc C3 | ABc cBA | BAB B,3 |
GAB cBA | ^dcB gfe | agf Bc^d | e3-e2 |]
Sheet Music for "Widow's Choice, The. JJo.111" Widow's Choice, The. JJo.111 = 90 Book: J.Johnson Choice Collection Vol 4, 1748 Transcription: vmp.Steve Mansfield 2014 www.village-music-project.org.uk
X:1
T:Widow's Choice, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune and Jig
B:Walter Rainstorp music manuscript collection (1747, p. 15)
F:
https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2057949
N:The cover is inscribed “Walter Rainstorp, 1747. Bought in Cheap Side,
N:London, 1747”.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B|e>^de BAB|GAB E2d|gfg dcd|BAB G2F|
GAB cBA|def gfe|dcB AGF|G3-G2:|
|:G|Bcd- dcB|cBc C3|ABc- cBA|BAB B,3|
GAB cBA|^dcB gfe|agf Bc^d|e3-e2:|
Sheet Music for "The Widow's Choice" The Widow's Choice Country Dance Tune and Jig Book: Walter Rainstorp music manuscript collection (1747, p. 15) Notes: The cover is inscribed “Walter Rainstorp, 1747. Bought in Cheap Side, London, 1747”. Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion
