Bonaparte's Retreat (2)

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Theme code Index	1445 31H3H3H
Also known as	Retreat (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Set Dance
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AA'B
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Frank Roche
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Feis Ceoil Collection of Irish Airs (The)
Tune and/or Page number	No. 280, p. 33
Year of publication/Date of MS	1913
Artist	Biography:Bernard O'Sullivan & Tommy McMahon
Title of recording	Clare Concertinas
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Green Linnet GLCD 3092
Year recorded	1994 (reissue of 1975 Topic Records album)
Media
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BONAPARTE'S RETREAT [2]. Irish, Set Dance. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Mulvihill): AABB (Roche): AA'BB' (Harker/Rafferty, Moylan).

Sources for notated versions: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; Peter Kelly [Mulvihill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources: Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 291, p. 95. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 317, pp. 181-182. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 9, p. 111. Roche Collection of Irish Traditional Music, vol. 2, 1913; No. 280, p. 33.

Recorded sources: Micho Russell - "The Man from Clare." See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]

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T:Bonaparte's Retreat [2]
R:set piece
S:Mike Rafferty
H:there are several tunes with this name "Bonaparte's Retreat."
D:Paddy Glackin: Ceol ar an bhFidil le Paddy Glackin
Z:Lesl
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/2=70
K:D
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|DGGF GBAG|FAde f2fg|agfd =cADF|1 A2GF G2GF:|2 AGGF G2de||
fefg f2df|gfga g2fg|a2bg agfd|g2af gfde|
fgag fd=cA|GBAF GFed|fefa f2 (3def|gfga g2fg|
a2bg agfd|g2af gfde|fgag fd=cA|GBAF GFEA|
D2GF GBAG|FAde f2fg|agfd  =cADF|A2GF G4||