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In addition to what is already here, the tune may be found at https://www.loc.gov/item/2014568397/
In addition to what is already here, the tune may be found at https://www.loc.gov/item/2014568397/
Its source is listed as someone named Elfort who was active 1790-1825.  This particular page was published in 1800.  The publisher is unknown.  The other selection on the page is "A Favorite March in the Demolution [sic] of the Bastille." {{DISPLAYTITLE:
Its source is listed as someone named Elfort who was active 1790-1825.  This particular page was published in 1800.  The publisher is unknown.  The other selection on the page is "A Favorite March in the Demolution [sic] of the Bastille."  
I also came across this bit of information:
Elfort was English and is mentioned in "Secular Music in America, 1801-1825," a bibliography by Richard J Wolfe with introduction by Carleton Sprague Smith. New York: New York Public Library, 1964.  Mr. Elfort also wrote a piano sonata celebrating the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789.{{DISPLAYTITLE:
New Century Hornpipe
New Century Hornpipe
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Latest revision as of 03:08, 8 January 2022

In addition to what is already here, the tune may be found at https://www.loc.gov/item/2014568397/ Its source is listed as someone named Elfort who was active 1790-1825. This particular page was published in 1800. The publisher is unknown. The other selection on the page is "A Favorite March in the Demolution [sic] of the Bastille." I also came across this bit of information: Elfort was English and is mentioned in "Secular Music in America, 1801-1825," a bibliography by Richard J Wolfe with introduction by Carleton Sprague Smith. New York: New York Public Library, 1964. Mr. Elfort also wrote a piano sonata celebrating the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789.