Annotation:Marquis of Granby's March (1)

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MARQUIS OF GRANBY'S MARCH. AKA - "1st Troop of Horse Grenadier's March." English, March (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A very popular fife march that appears in a great many music tutors, country dance collections, and musicians' manuscripts on both sides of the Atlantic (for listing see EASMES [1]). Early printings of the march can be found in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Tutor for the Fife (London, 1770), the Thompson's Thirty Favorite Marches, Book 2 (London, 1770, p. 4), and Longman, Lukey & Co.'s Compleat Instructions for the Fife (London, 1770).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Johnson (A Further Collection of Dances, Marches, Minuetts and Duetts of the Latter 18th Century), 1998; p. 6.

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