Battle of the Nile (The)
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X: 1
T:Battle of the Nile,The.(primo) RH.428
R:march
S:Rev.R.Harrison's MS,c1815,Cumbria
O:England
A:Temple Sowerby,Cumbria
Z:vmp.Simon Wilson. Review PJH, 2008.
M:C
L:1/8
Q:2/4=80
K:D
V:1 name="primo"
A2|d3d e3e|f>ef>g a2d2|\
g2f>g e2d>d|e>dc>B A3A|!
d3d e3e|f>ef>g a2b>a|\
gfed fedc|d2d'>d' d'2ff|!
a2ff a3a|bagf g2e2|\
g2ee g3g|a>gf>e f>e dA/A/|!
dddd e2ee|f>ef>g a2AA|\
dddd eeee|f>ef>g a2f2|!
afaa bagf|e2gf e2AA|\
d3d e3e|f>ef>ga3e|!
g2f>g e2d2|e>dc>B A>Bc>d|\
d3d e3e|f>ef>g a2b>a|!
g>fe>d f>ed>c|d2d'>d' d'2|]
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BATTLE OF THE NILE, THE. English, Air or march (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody, perhaps a song air, commemorates Admiral Nelson's 1798 victory over the French fleet under Admiral François-Paul Brueys, anchored in one of the mouths of the Nile river. The battle was fought largely at night, unusual for the time, and resulted in an overwhelming victory for the British. Nelson was made Baron of the Nile as a consequence.
Source for notated version: the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner].
Printed source: Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; p. 84.
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