Free Masons (2)

Tune annotations

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X:1
T:Freemason's March
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Rev. James Pike music copybook (1730, Somersworth, N.H.)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|GAB BAG|FGA AFD|GAB BAG|Bdd d2:|
|:c/B/|cde edc|BAG dcB|cBc Adc|BGG G2:|]

X:1
T:Free Masons March 
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March 
S:fifer Thomas Nixon Jr./Joseph Long copybook (c. 1776-78, p. 90)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A2|def fed|cde ecA|def fed|faa a2:|
|:f|gab a2g|fed a2f|gfg eag|fdd d2:|

X:1 
T:Free Mason’s March, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 175, p. 60)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|G>AB/c/ BAG|F>GA/B/ AFD|G>AB/c/ BAG|Bdd d2:|
|:c/B/|cec d2c|B>AG d2 c/B/|cBc Adc|BGG G2:|]

X:1
T:Free Masons March, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March
S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 956)
N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined  the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, 
N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in 
N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. 
N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see
N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|GAB BAG|FGA AFD|GAB BAG|Bdd d2:|
|:B|cde edc|BAG d2c|BAG Adc|BGG G2:|]

X:2
T:Free Mason's March
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March
N:The front page of the publication indicates the volume was compiled by Elias Howe
N:and arranged by "Messers. A.P. Knight and H. Seipp, of the Boston Brigade Band".
B:Elias Howe - "First Part of the Musician's Companion" (Boston, 1842, p. 12).
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K: D
A|def fed|cde edc|def fed|(f/g/a)a a2:|
|:f|gab a2g|fed a2f|gfg eag|fdd d2:|]

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