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BTC892 THE ASH GROVE (WELSH TUNE) [FSA 1/6, BRITISH ISLES]

For high or medium voice and piano
Composition date: pre 20 Feb 1941
Date notes

Date of the first known performance. It was previously believed to have been first performed on 14 Dec 1941.

Genre: Folk song
Text: Traditional
Duration: 3'
Dedication: 'To Beata Mayer'

Beata (Meyer) Wachstein (1912-??). Daughter of Dr William and Elizabeth Mayer. See Little Sir William (ca. Dec 1940).

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