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Description
A music manuscript folio with the notation and lyrics for the songs "Hark! Hark!", "Row de Dow Dow"—more often called "How Happy the Soldier"—"Highland March", and "Lucy the Fair Queen of Hearts" on the front. The inner pages contain notation and lyrics for the songs; "Thrie Sheips Skins", "Signor Geminiani's Minuet"—taken from the Air "Gently Touch the Warbling Lyre" by Francesco Geminiani—and "What Beauties does Flora Disclose", Taken from "Tweedside" by Joseph Haydn. The back page is blank. Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; ^"Hark! Hark!" is in F major and 6/8 time; "Row de Dow Dow" is in D major and 6/8 time; "Highland March" is in A major and 4/4 time; "Lucy the Fair Queen of Hearts" is in A major and 6/8 time; "Thrie Sheips Skins" is in D major and 4/4 time; "Signor Geminiani's Minuet" is in B-flat major and 3/4 time; "What Beauties does Flora Disclose" is in G major and 3/4 time.
Subject
Geminiani, Francesco, 1687-1762; Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809; musical notation; music scores; song lyrics; Country Dance and Song Society
Language
eng
Medium
Music--Manuscripts
Source
The original document is housed in Milne Special Collections Country Dance and Song Society Archives
Access Rights
These materials may be used for the purposes of research, teaching, and private study. For all other uses, contact Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library for permission.
Recommended Citation
Osgood, Bessie, "Music manuscript from the CDSS collection" (2025). Music and Dance. 16.
https://scholars.unh.edu/cdss_music_and_dance/16
File Format
application/pdf
Scanning Information
University of New Hampshire. Library.