Bonaparte's March (4)
BONAPARTE'S MARCH [4]. English, March (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was printed in Daniel Steele's New and Complete Preceptor for the German Flute (Albany, N.Y., 1815).
Printed source: Mattson & Walz (Old Fort Snelling...Fife), 1974; p. 50.
X:1 T:Bonaparte's March [4] M:C L:1/8 R:March S:Steele - New and Complete Preceptor for the German Flute (1815) K:D A>A|d2 A>A e2 A>A|f2 f>g a2 a>g|f2f2e2e2|f>ga>f d2 A>A|d2 A>A e2A>A| f2 f>g a2 a>g|f2f2 e>d e>f|d2 d>d d2::f>f|a2 f>f a2 f>f|agba g2 e>e|g2 e>e g2 e>e| gfaf d2 e>e|f2 a>a bagf|e2 e>e e2 A>A|d2 A>A e2A>A|f2 f>g a2 a>g|f2f2 e>de>f| d2 d>d d3 z/b/|a2 d>d d3 z/b/|a2 d>d d3 z/b/|(3aga (3bag f2 "tr"e2|d2 d>d d2:||
X:2 T:Buonaparte's Grand March M:C L:1/8 R:March N:The front page of the publication indicates the volume was compiled by Elias Howe N:and arrenged 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, pp. 20-21). Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A>A|d2 A>A e2 A>A|f2 f>g a2 a>g|f2f2e2e2|f>ga>f d2 A>A| d2 A>A e2 A>A|f2 f>g a2 a>g|f2f2 e>de>f|d2 d>d d2:| |:f>f|a2 f>f a2 f>f|(ag).b.a f2 e>e|g2 e>e g2 e>e|(gf).a.f d2 e>e| f2 a>a (ba).g.f|e2 e>e e2 A>A|d2 A>A e2 A>A|f2 f>g a2 a>g|f2f2 e>de>f| d2 d>d d2 z-z/b/|a2 d>d d2 z-z/b/|a2 d>d d2 z-z/b/|(3aga (3bag f2Te2|d2 d>d d2:|
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