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'''FINALE IN THE BATTLE OF PRAGUE'''. AKA - "[[Battle of Prague (2) (The)]]." English, March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC (O'Farrell): AABBCC (Kirkpatrick). One of the most widely published piano pieces in Britain and America at the turn of the century and into the nineteenth was "The Battle of Prague" (c. 1788) by the Czech-English composer Franz Kotzwara, who died in England in 1791 (see "[[annotation:March in the Battle of Prague]]" for more). A descriptive, episodic work for piano, it features trumpet calls, patriotic airs, low bass rumbles in imitation of cannon fire, spirited passages for marching and attacking armies; each section bears a title or a description of what aspect of the battle is depicted in those measures. Indeed, many of the melodies from the piece were employed in popular music, including several marches. | |f_annotation='''FINALE IN THE BATTLE OF PRAGUE'''. AKA - "[[Battle of Prague (2) (The)]]." English, March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC (O'Farrell): AABBCC (Kirkpatrick). One of the most widely published piano pieces in Britain and America at the turn of the century and into the nineteenth was "The Battle of Prague" (c. 1788) by the Czech-English composer Franz Kotzwara, who died in England in 1791 (see "[[annotation:March in the Battle of Prague]]" for more). A descriptive, episodic work for piano, it features trumpet calls, patriotic airs, low bass rumbles in imitation of cannon fire, spirited passages for marching and attacking armies; each section bears a title or a description of what aspect of the battle is depicted in those measures. Indeed, many of the melodies from the piece were employed in popular and traditional music, including several marches. | ||
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|f_printed_sources=Kirkpatrick ('''John Kirkpatrick's English Choice'''), 2003; p. 14. O'Farrell ('''Pocket Companion''', vol. IV), c. 1810; p. 126. | |||
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FINALE IN THE BATTLE OF PRAGUE. AKA - "Battle of Prague (2) (The)." English, March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC (O'Farrell): AABBCC (Kirkpatrick). One of the most widely published piano pieces in Britain and America at the turn of the century and into the nineteenth was "The Battle of Prague" (c. 1788) by the Czech-English composer Franz Kotzwara, who died in England in 1791 (see "annotation:March in the Battle of Prague" for more). A descriptive, episodic work for piano, it features trumpet calls, patriotic airs, low bass rumbles in imitation of cannon fire, spirited passages for marching and attacking armies; each section bears a title or a description of what aspect of the battle is depicted in those measures. Indeed, many of the melodies from the piece were employed in popular and traditional music, including several marches.
