Buonoparte's March

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Theme code Index	1H1H1H5 2H2H2H1H
Also known as	Hanoverian March, Napoleon, Napoleon's March, Bonaparte's March (2)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James S. Kerr
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Merry Melodies vol. 4
Tune and/or Page number	No. 370, p. 40
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1880's
Artist	Biography:Stephen Baldwin
Title of recording	Here's One You'll Like I Think
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Musical Traditions MTCD334
Year recorded	2005
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BUONOPARTE'S MARCH. AKA and see "Hanoverian March," "Napoleon's March," "Bonaparte's March (2)." Scottish, March (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. Most titles reference (albeit with different spellings) Napoleon Bonaparte. The tune appears in numerous English fiddlers' manuscripts of the 19th century. Ironbridge, Shropshire, musician John Moore included it in his music manuscript as "Hanoverian March." J. Winter (Stanton, Gloucestershire) had it in his 1833 manuscript, as did Henry Stables (Waithwaite, Cumbria, 1881). Likewise, William Irwin (Langdale, Cumbria, 1838) and John Clare (Helpstone, Northants, c. 1820) also noted it into their copybooks. As "Napoleon('s March)" it was played in an 1884 Melbourne, Australia, concert given by Irish uilleann piper John Coughlin, records O'Neill (1913). Melodeon player George Tremain of Yorkshire recorded the march on a 78 RPM record in the 1950's (BBC 1862B:RW), and also recorded by whistle player Billy Conroy (Northumberland) and fiddler Billy Pennock (Goathland, north Yorkshire moors). It was also in the repertoire of Gloucestershire fiddler Stephen Baldwin (1873-1955), recorded (as "Napoleon's Grand March") by Peter Kennedy for the BBC in the early 1950's.

Printed source: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 370, p. 40.

Recorded source: Musical Traditions MTCD334, Stephen Baldwin - "Here's One You'll Like, I Think" (2005).

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S:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 370  (c. 1880's)
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