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|f_tune_annotation_title= https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Kitchener's_Army_(1) > | |f_tune_annotation_title= https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Kitchener's_Army_(1) > | ||
|f_annotation='''KITCHENER'S ARMY [1]'''. AKA and see "[[George the Fifth's Army]]," "[[George's Army March]]," "[[King George V's Army]]." Scottish, March (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. | |f_annotation='''KITCHENER'S ARMY [1]'''. AKA and see "[[George the Fifth's Army]]," "[[George's Army March]]," "[[King George V's Army]]." Scottish, March (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. "Kitchener's Army [1]" is a pipe march composed by Pipe Major George S. MacLennan (or McLennan, 1883-1929), in honor of the forces of Lord Kitchener, commander of the British Army during World War 1. MacLennan himself served in the conflict with the Gordon Highlanders. MacLennan's title for the tune, however, was "[[King George V's Army]]." MacLennan did compose a tune with the title "[[Kitchener's Army (2)]]," but it is in 6/8 time. The march became known as "Kitchener's Army [1]" when it was adapted for the fiddle by Cape Breton musicians. Paul Stewart Cranford notes that Cape Breton fiddlers often play the tune ABDC. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version= | |f_source_for_notated_version= | ||
|f_printed_sources=Cranford ('''Jerry Holland: The Second Collection'''), 2000; No. 12, p. 6. Martin ('''Ceol na Fidhle''') | |f_printed_sources=Cranford ('''Jerry Holland: The Second Collection'''), 2000; No. 12, p. 6. Martin ('''Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 2'''), 1988; p. 9 (appears as "King George V's Army"). '''Scots Guards, vol. 1'''. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Rounder 82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey - "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000). | |f_recorded_sources=Rounder 82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey - "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t756.html]<br> | |f_see_also_listing=Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t756.html]<br> | ||
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Revision as of 02:14, 10 March 2023
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KITCHENER'S ARMY [1]. AKA and see "George the Fifth's Army," "George's Army March," "King George V's Army." Scottish, March (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. "Kitchener's Army [1]" is a pipe march composed by Pipe Major George S. MacLennan (or McLennan, 1883-1929), in honor of the forces of Lord Kitchener, commander of the British Army during World War 1. MacLennan himself served in the conflict with the Gordon Highlanders. MacLennan's title for the tune, however, was "King George V's Army." MacLennan did compose a tune with the title "Kitchener's Army (2)," but it is in 6/8 time. The march became known as "Kitchener's Army [1]" when it was adapted for the fiddle by Cape Breton musicians. Paul Stewart Cranford notes that Cape Breton fiddlers often play the tune ABDC.
