Blow Thy Horn Hunter

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 Theme code Index    1H1H1H1H 3H3H1H1H
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Henry Tudor (King Henry VIII)
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Chappell
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Popular Music of the Olden Times vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    pp. 39-40
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1859
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 Title of recording    
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BLOW THY HORN, HUNTER. English, Air (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. This air was written by England's Henry VIII who, in addition to being King and a man of letters, was a composer and musician who played upon the virginal, recorders, flute and other instruments of his day. The air appears in B.M., Addl. MSS. 31,922 and MSS. Reg. Appendix 58.

Printed source: Chappell (Popular music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pp. 39-40.


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