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 Theme code Index    1H1H35 627L5
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Tom Anderson
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Shetland/Orkney
 Meter/Rhythm    Hornpipe/Clog
 Key/Tonic of    E
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Tom Anderson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ringing Strings
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 78
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1983
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BRITANNIA HORNPIPE, THE. Shetland, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Shetland fiddler, teacher, collector and composer Tom Anderson in 1961, in honor of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Lerwick, Shetland, to dedicate the the Harbour Works.

Printed source: Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; p. 78.


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