Opera

X: 1
T: Opera
T: The Ape's Dance
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: jig
B: "The Dancing-Master: Containing Directions and Tunes for Dancing" printed by W. Pearson for John Walsh, London ca. 1709
S: 7: DMDfD http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89751228 p.87 "I 2"
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: It's not obvious why the B in bar 12 has a flat sign. Perhaps to prevent musicians playing a B natural, since it looks like a cadence on C minor.
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
K: Bb
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B | B3 cF2 | B3- B2d/c/ | B2e/d/ cF2 | B3- B2f | d2g f2b | af2 b2a | gaf gc2 | f3- f2 |]
f | f2d f2B | fdB f2d | gfd eGc | _B3 c2f | dBb a2g | fdg f2d | (e/d/)cA fd2 | c3 B2 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/Opera_or_The_Apes_Dance/0000