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'''GEORGIA GRENEDIER'S MARCH, THE.''' | '''GEORGIA GRENEDIER'S MARCH, THE.''' American, March (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody also appears in '''The Compleat Tutor for the Fife''' by George Willig, published in 1805 in Philadelphia (p. 29), and in the period music manuscript collection of flute player John Hoff (1776-1818). | ||
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The Georgia Grenadiers was an American militia company formed in 1772 by Samuel Elbert to help protect the Georgia colony's frontier from Native American incursions. Upon receiving permission from the Crown Governor (James Habersham), Elbert traveled to England where he bought distinctive uniforms and equipment, modeled after the elite British Grenadiers. A few years later Scots expatriate music teacher and composer, James Alexander, wrote a march for the company called "The Georgia Grenadiers", and had it published by Hall and Sellers in Philadelphia in 1776 [Keller, '''Dance and it's Music in America, 1528-1789''', 2007, p. 164). The author comments that it is "a rare example of an attributed composer in an American imprint." She suggests the march was played at local assemblies as an accompaniment to a country dance, noting the topical title would have been of interest. | |||
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Alexander may have tried to walk a line between Royalist and Rebels in wartime Georgia during the American Revolution. Keller reports that he was named on the British Disqualifying Act of 1780, but angered Patriots when he returned to teaching dancing and the minuet in January, 1781. At the conclusion of hostilities Alexander was exiled to Canada, although he was later exonerated. According to | |||
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GEORGIA GRENEDIER'S MARCH, THE. American, March (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody also appears in The Compleat Tutor for the Fife by George Willig, published in 1805 in Philadelphia (p. 29), and in the period music manuscript collection of flute player John Hoff (1776-1818).
The Georgia Grenadiers was an American militia company formed in 1772 by Samuel Elbert to help protect the Georgia colony's frontier from Native American incursions. Upon receiving permission from the Crown Governor (James Habersham), Elbert traveled to England where he bought distinctive uniforms and equipment, modeled after the elite British Grenadiers. A few years later Scots expatriate music teacher and composer, James Alexander, wrote a march for the company called "The Georgia Grenadiers", and had it published by Hall and Sellers in Philadelphia in 1776 [Keller, Dance and it's Music in America, 1528-1789, 2007, p. 164). The author comments that it is "a rare example of an attributed composer in an American imprint." She suggests the march was played at local assemblies as an accompaniment to a country dance, noting the topical title would have been of interest.
Alexander may have tried to walk a line between Royalist and Rebels in wartime Georgia during the American Revolution. Keller reports that he was named on the British Disqualifying Act of 1780, but angered Patriots when he returned to teaching dancing and the minuet in January, 1781. At the conclusion of hostilities Alexander was exiled to Canada, although he was later exonerated. According to
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3), 1788; No. 568, p. 217
Recorded sources:
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