Annotation:Napoleon's March
X:87 T:Napoleon's March. WI.087 M:C| L:1/8 Q:1/2=90 B:Wm Irwin, Folio MS, c1850. AGG's Transcription R:.March O:England A:Lake District Z:vmp.Chris Partington.2005 K:D A2|d2d>d d2A2|e2e>e e2de|f2ef g2f2|e2e>e e2A2| dd AA FF AA|dd AA FF AA|d3f edef|d2d>d d2:| |:f2|edcB ABcA|d2d>d d2f2|edcB ABcA|d2d>d defd| B2g2 g2fe|A2f2 f2gf|edef edef|d2d>d d2:| |:fg|Ta4Tb4|a2ag f2a2|"etc"zzzz|
NAPOLEON'S MARCH. AKA and see "Bonaparte's Grand March (1)," "Buonoparte's March," "Cossack's March (The)," "Hanoverian March," "Napoleon's Grand March," "Bonaparte's March (2)." English, March (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A nineteenth century march that seems to have been popular toward the middle of the century. It was entered into the c. 1850 music copybook of Lake District musician William Irwin and the late 19th century copybook of Cumbrian musician Henry Stables. The march was entered as "Cossack's March (The)" into the music manuscript collections of Irish musicians and collectors James Goodman and Rev. Luke Donnellan. See note for "annotation:Bonaparte's Grand March (1)" for more.
