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Theme code Index
31H1H7 5331
Also known as
Napoleon Crossing the Alps , Bonaparte Crossing the Alps , Officer on Guard (The) , Officer of the Guard (The) , I Won't Be a Nun , Denis Murphy's Hornpipe
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Military
Meter/Rhythm
March/Marche
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/4
History
USA /Mid-Atlantic"USA/Mid-Atlantic" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure
AB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Samuel Bayard
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Dance to the Fiddle March to the Fife
Tune and/or Page number
No. 54, p. 39
Year of publication/Date of MS
1981
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:Governor Taylor's March
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:March
S:fifer Hiram Horner, 1961 (southwestern Pennsylvania)
B:Bayard - Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (1981, No. 54)
K:D
D>E|FA d>d|d2 c>B |AF F>E|Fz D>E|FA GB|AF DF|E2 E>F|E2 D>E|
FA d>d|d2 cB|AF F>E|Fz D>E|FA GB|AF EF|D2 D>D|D2||
d>e|fd A>B|Az d>e|fd B>c|B2 d>e|fd Bd|AF ED|E2 E>F |E2D>E|
FA d>d|d2 cB|AF F>E|Fz D>E|FA GB|AF EF|D2 D>D|D2||
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