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Composer: Anonymous (16th Century)

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BRANLE
Composer: Anonymous (16th Century)
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SCARBOROUGH FAIR
Composer: Anonymous
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A TOYE (From Jane Pickerings Lute Book - 16th Cent.)

Composer: Anonymous
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NONESUCH
Composer: Anonymous (16th Cent.)
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SHEPHERDS HEY
Composer: Anonymous
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IN THE BLEAK MID WINTER

Composer: Gustav Theodore Holst
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BOUREE
Composer: Johann Krieger
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BAIDEN FHEILIMI
Composer: (Irish Traditional)
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EL NOI DE LA MARE
Composer: Anonymous
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Composer: John Dowland
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MINUET
Composer: Henry Purcell
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GREENSLEEVES
Composer: Anonymous
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2 GAVOTTES FROM 6th CELLO SUITE

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
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KEMPS JIG
Composer: Anonymous (16th Cent.)
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SLEEPERS WAKE
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
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MINUET
Composer: Robert de Visee
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MINUET IN G
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
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OLD FRENCH SONG

Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
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