Annotation:Heroes of Salamanca
X:18 C:Page 09 T:Hero(e)s of Salamanca. MBe.18 A:England;Cumbria;Towcett B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815 Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=100 R: N:The battle of Salamanca was fought in 1812 in Spain, so the book must be later than this. N:NB1-These first two semi-quavers were written before the repeat mark. I have deleted the repeat mark. N:NB2-The last bar of the A has two crotchets written. I have changed the first to a dotted crotchet. K:D "^NB1"A/G/|!segno!F2 F {A} GFG|AFD DFA|BAB dcB|ABG FGE| F2 F {A} GFG|AFD DFA|Bgf eac|"^NB2"(d3 d2)!fine!:| |:(c/d/)|e2 c Ace|f2 d Adf|g2 e f2 d|{cd}e2 c A2 c/d/| {f} e2 c Ace|{g} f2 d Adf|efd cdB|ABG FGE!D.C.!:|
HEROES OF SALAMANCA. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA. A variant of the tune was printed by James S. Kerr in the 1880's under the section "Irish Jigs" as an untitled quick step (see "Kerr's Irish Quickstep").
