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'''FIREMAN'S QUICKSTEP'''. American, Quickmarch (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune features a fire-alarm like motif in the 'B' part. The piece may be derivative in the first strain of "[[Fireman's Dance Cotillion]]", itself a derivative of "[[Philadelphia Fireman's Cotillion (The)]]" an 1822 composition by Philadelphia African-American composer Francis Johnson. | '''FIREMAN'S QUICKSTEP'''. American, Quickmarch (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune features a fire-alarm like motif in the 'B' part. The piece may be derivative in the first strain of "[[Fireman's Dance Cotillion (The)]]", itself a derivative of "[[Philadelphia Fireman's Cotillion (The)]]" an 1822 composition by Philadelphia African-American composer Francis Johnson. | ||
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Revision as of 23:53, 9 May 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
FIREMAN'S QUICKSTEP. American, Quickmarch (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune features a fire-alarm like motif in the 'B' part. The piece may be derivative in the first strain of "Fireman's Dance Cotillion (The)", itself a derivative of "Philadelphia Fireman's Cotillion (The)" an 1822 composition by Philadelphia African-American composer Francis Johnson.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; p. 52.
Recorded sources: