Annotation:Captain Bluett's March

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X:1 T:Captain Bluett's March M:C L:1/8 R:March B:Roche - Collection of Traditional Irish Music vol. 2 (1912, No. 319) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A>G|F2 D>F A2 F>A|d2 A>d f2 d>f|a>ba>f g>fe>d|fe e>f e/f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/| F2 D>F A2 F>A|d2 A>d f2 e>f|g>fe>d c>AB>c|d2 d>d d2:| |:(3ABc|d>ef>d B>cd>B|A>Fd>B A>FE>D|FAdc BAGF|~ED E>F E2 A>G| F2 D>F A2 F>A|B.gf>e d>cB>A|B>cd>e f2 {a}g>e|d2 d>d d2:||

CAPTAIN BLUETT'S MARCH. AKA and see "Grand March of Normal (1)," "Russian (Grand) March." Irish, March. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The march is similar in the first strain to Bellini's "Grand March from the Opera of "Norma"]," a popular 19th century march that often appears in fiddlers' manuscript books as "Grand March of Norman (1)."

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 2), 1982; p. 53, No. 319.

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