Blue Breeches

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 Theme code Index    1H53b5 3b51H1
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Daniel Wright
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 96
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1740
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
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X:1
T:Blew Breeches
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (London, 1740, p. 96)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Dmin
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