Bonaparte's Retreat (1)
X:1
T:Bonaparte's Retreat [1]
M:C
L:1/8
Q:"Andante"
N:DDAd tuning
N:Drone strings throughout.
B:Ford - Traditional Music in America (1940)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="0."
[V:1] [G,2D2] [G,D]F [D2A2]F2|(ED) (EF) (GF) (EF)|[G,2D2][G,D]F [D2A2]F2|(ED) (EF) [G,3D3]:|
"accelerando"(3A/B/c/|d2 d>f d2 (3A/B/c/|(dB) (AG) (FD) (3A/B/c/|d2 d>f d[D2A2]|(FD) (EF) (GF) (EF)|
[G,D][G,D]F [D2A2]F2|(ED) (EF) (GF) (EF)|[G,2D2][G,D]F [D2A2]F2|(ED) (EF) [G,3D3]z2||
(3A/B/c/|[G,2D2]d>"poco"f d2 (3A/B/c/|[G,D]>B (AG) (FD) "poco"(3A/B/c/|[G,2D2]|d>f d2A2|(F>D) (EF) (GF) (EF)|
[G,2D2][GD]F [D2A2]F2|"Piu moto"(ED) (EF) (GF) (EF)|[G,2D2] {G,D]F [D2A2]F2|(ED) (EF) [G,4D4]|"Coda"[A8e8]||
M:2/4
L:1/8
"Allegro"(g/e/g/e/ bg|g/e/f/g/ a/g/f)|(g/e/g/e/ bg|1 f/e/f/g/ [A2e2]):|
|2f/e/f/g/ [Ae](3A/B/c/||"Allegretto"d2 d>f d2 (3A/B/c/|(dB) (AG) (FD) (3A/B/c/|d2 d>f d2A2|(FD) (EF) (GF) (EF)|
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| Theme code Index | 3352 2242 |
| Also known as | Napoleon's Retreat |
| Composer/Core Source | |
| Region | United States |
| Genre/Style | Old-Time, Texas/Oklahoma |
| Meter/Rhythm | March/Marche, Reel (single/double) |
| Key/Tonic of | D |
| Accidental | 2 sharps |
| Mode | Ionian (Major) |
| Time signature | 2/4 |
| History | USA(Upland South), USA(Piedmont), USA(Southeast), USA(Deep South), USA(Central), USA(Mid Atlantic), USA(Southwest) |
| Structure | AABBCCDD |
| Editor/Compiler | Biography:Ira Ford |
| Book/Manuscript title | Book:Traditional Music in America |
| Tune and/or Page number | p. 129 |
| Year of publication/Date of MS | 1940 |
| Artist | A.A. Gray |
| Title of recording | |
| Record label/Catalogue nr. | Okeh 40110 (78 RPM) |
| Year recorded | 1924 |
| Media |  Played by: Dolly Parton Source: Soundcloud Image: To this day, North Carolina mountain fiddlers will refer to Bonaparte's Retreat as "Grooms' Tune" |
| Score (1) |  |
X:1
T:Bonaparte's Retreat [1]
S:Marcus Martin (1881-1974, Macon and Buncombe Counties, western N.C.)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:Moderately quick, but not too fast
N:DDad tuning (fiddle)
N:Drone strings throughout
N:Martin varies strains by playing an octave above.
D:Library of Congress, AFS (1942)
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/bonapartes-retreat-30
Z:Transcribe by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="1."
[V:1] D,2|{E}F2{E}F2 AFDF|EDEF GFED|F2F2 AFDF|EDEF D2D2|
D,2|{E}F2{E}F2 AFDF|EDEF GFED|F2F2 AFDF|EDEF D2D2||
d2 d/e/f d2AB/c/|d>BAF D2D2|d2 d/e/f dBAd-|dBAF D2D2||
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X:2
T:Bonaparte's Retreat [1]
N:Transcribed by David P. Bennett from the playing of western
N:N.C. fiddler Bill Hensley, 1939.
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:BEbe tuning (fiddle), according to Bennett, who said Hensley also played
N:"My Last Gold Dollar" in this tuning.
B:David Parker Bennett, "A Study in Fiddle Tunes
B:from Western North Carolina". Dissertation, UNC,
B:Chapel Hill; 1940, p. 61.
B:https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1789&context=msu_theses_dissertations
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:E
V:1 clef=treble name="2."
[V:1] GG/G/ GG/G/|B G2 G/G/|FF/F/ FE/F/|AGFE|GG/G/ GG/G/|
BG2G|FEFG|E3E|GG/G/ GG/G/|BG2G/G/|FF/F/ FE/F/|
AGFE|GG/G/ GG/G/|BG2 G/G/|FEFG|E2 (Bc/d/)|Se2 (eg)|
e2 (Bc/d/)|ee/c/ BG|[M:3/4](FG) E2 (Bc/d/)|[M:2/4]e2 (eg)|e2 (Bc/d/)|
ee/c/ BG|(FG) E2|[Bg][B/g/][B/g/] [Bg]g/g/| [Bb][B2g2] [B/g/][B/g/]|[Bf]f/f/ [Bf]e/f/|[Ba][Bg][Bf][Be]|
[Bg][B/g/][B/g/] [Bg][B/g/][B/g/]|[Bb][Bg][Bf][Be]|fef[Bg]|[B3e3]e|[Bg]g/g/ gg/g/|[Bb][B2g2]g|
ff/f/ fe/f/|agfe|gg/g/ gg/g/|b g2g/g/|fefg|e2 (Bc/d/)|
e2 (eg)|e2 (Bc/d/)|ee/c/ BG|[M:3/4](FG) E2 (Bc/d/)|[M:2/4]e2 (eg)|
e2 (Bc/d/)|ee/c/ BG|[M:3/4]FG E2- EE/F/|[M:2/4][GB]G/G/ G[G/B/]G/|B [G2B2]G|
F[F/B/]F/ F[E/B/]F/|A[GB]F[EB]|G[G/B/]G/ G[G/B/]G/|B[GB] BG/G/|F[EB]F[GB]|
E3E|G[G/B/][G/ G[G/B/]G/|B [G2B2][GB]|F[F/B/]F/ F[F/B/]F/|A[GB]F[EB]|
G[G/B/]G/ G[G/B/]G/|B[GB]F[EB]|(FE)(F[GB])|E2 (Bc/d/)!D.S.!||
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X:3
T:Bonaparte's Retreat
N:From the playing of the north Georgia group The Skillet Lickers,
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:"Moderately Quick"
N:Played in standard fiddle tuning, not the usual DDad used for this piece.
N:The grace notes and trills (e.g. 2nd & 3rd measures) are variously timed
N:each repeat, and are meant to imitate bagpipes.
D:Columbia 15485-D (78 RPM), The Skillet Lickers (1929)
D:Document DOCD 8059, "Skillet Lickers: Complete Recorded Works vol. 4" (2000)
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/hell-broke-loose-georgia
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="3."
[V:1] SA2B-c|d4{c}d4|{c}d4 ((3BcB) (c/B/c/B/)| A-B2c/B/ A2([FA]E)|([FA]ED6-)|D8|
D4 A2 B-c|d4 {c}d4|{c}d4 (B<c) (B/c/B)|A8-|A4 A2B-c|
d4{c}d4|{c}d4 ((3BcB) (c/B/c/B/)| A-B2c/B/ A2([FA]E)|([FA]ED6)
(FE D2) (FE D2)|A,2 G2 (FED2)|E2-F2G2-F2|(E/F/ED2) (E/F/ED2)|
A,2G2 (FE D2)|E2-F2 G2-F2| (E/F/ED2) E2-F2 |D8-|SD4||
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X:4
T:Bonaparte's Retreat [1]
S:Howard L. Maxey (1882-1947, Ferrum, Franklin County, southwest Virginia)
M:C|
L:1/8
N:Drone liberally throughout.
N:GDad tuning (fiddle)
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/bonapartes-retreat-4
D:Library of Congress, AFS 02742 B01, Howard L. Maxey (1939)
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="4."
[V:1] [D2A2]|:ABde dBAB|dedB FG[D2A2]|d2 de dBAG |FDEF D2D2:||
|:DEFD ADFD|EDEF GFEF|DEFD ADFD|EDEF D2D2:|
|:ABde dBAB|dedB FG[D2A2]|dAde dBAG |1FDEF D2D2:|2 FDEF D2[A2d2]||
|:defd adfd|edef gfef|defg adfd|edef d2d2:|]
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X:5
T:Bonaparte's Retreat [1]
S:Oscar "Os" Scholes (1891-1984, Mountain View, Arkansas)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Air/Listening piece
N:Scholes adopts the frequent fiddler's practice of starting the tune
N:slow, then speeding up each time around.
N:DDad tuning (fiddle)
D:Os Scholes - The Fiddlers at Stone County, Arkansas, vol. 1
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/bonapartes-retreat-old-0
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="5."
[V:1] F2D2F2D2|A2F2 (E/F/E)D2|E2D2E2F2|G2F2 (E/F/E) D2|
F2D2F2D2|A2F2 (E/F/E)D2|F2 (E/F/E) D4|A2D2F2D2|
A2F2 (E/F/E)D2|E2D2E2F2|G2F2 E2 D2| A2D2F2D2|
A2F2 (E/F/E) D2|F2(E/F/E) D4|[M:2/4]A2B2||[M:C|]d4d2(fe|
d4)A2B2|d2{e}dB A2F2|(E/F/E) D2A2B2|d4 {e}d2(f/e/d)|
f4 A2B2|d2dB A2F2|(E/F/E) D2 F2(E/F/E)|[M:2/4]D4||
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X:6
T:Napoleon's Retreat
T:Bonaparte's Retreat [1]
N:From the playing of John Morgan Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, eastern Ky.)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:DDad tuning (fiddle)
D:Appalachian Center AC003, John Salyer - "Home Recordings 1941-42, vol. 2" (1993)
D:Berea Sound Archives https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4232
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="6."
[V:1] A2Bc||Sd2dcd2f2|d4 A2 Bc|d3BA2F2|[M:5/4](E/F/E) D4A2Bc|
[M:C|]d2dcd2f2|d4F3E|(3DEF E-D-D3||
f||:a2fe- fedf|a2 fe- fedf|e2df ede-f|g2f-e f-edf|
a2fe- fedf|a2 fe- fedf|1[M:3/4]e2g2 f2|e4fg:|2 [M:3/4]e2g2f2|[M:5/4]e6 A2 Bc||
[M:C|]d2dcd2f2|d4 A2 Bc|d3BA2F2|[M:5/4](E/F/E) D4A2Bc|
[M:C|]d2dcd2f2|d4F3E|(3DEF E-D-D3||
|:DF|[M:C|]A2FE FEDF|A2 FE FEDF|E2DF EDEF|G2 FE FEDF|
A2FE FEDF|A2 FE FEDF|1[M:3/4]E2G2F2|D4:|2[M:3/4]E2G2F2|[M:5/4]D6A2 BcS:|
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X:8
T:Bonaparte's Retreat [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:DDad tuning
N:Based on W.H. Stepp's (Ky.) version
F:https://www.oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/bonnepartsretreat_slow7299.mp3
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="8."
[V:1] (d3e d2)B(c|dB)A(F ED)FD|Bdde dBAB|dBAF (3EFE Dd-|
(d3e d2)B(c|dB)A(F ED)FD|Bdde dBAB|dBAF (3EFE (DE||
FDFD) A(DFD)|EDEF GFED|F(DFD) A(DFD)|1(EDE)(F D2)DE:|2(EDE)(F D2)[D2A2]||
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X:9
T:Bonaparte's Retreat
S:Oscar Wright (1894 - 1978?, Princeton, Mercer County, W.Va.)
M:C|
L:1/8
D:
N:DDad tuning (fiddle)
N:Play ABCB.
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/bonapartes-retreat-11
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="9."
[V:1] A2Bc|d2de dBAB|d3B A2Bc|dedB A2F2|+slide+[A6A6]AB |
A2A4Bc|d2 d3e (f/g/e)-|e2d4Bc|d2d3 e fg|a4 a4-|
aA-A4 Bc|d2d2(=f^f2e)|dB A2 Bc(de|d)BA(=F ^F)EFE|D6||
DE|F2 DF (E/F/E) DD|A2F2 (E/F/E) D2-|DFED E-F2G|F4 (E/F/E) D-F|
E-F-F2-F3E|D2A2 F>E (F>E)| D3F EDEF|(E/F/E) D2- D4||
"+"d2"+"A2"+"D2D2-|DFED F4| "+"d2"+"A2"+"D2 F2-|FD+slide+F-E D4|
"+"d2"+"A2"+"D2 A2-|AdBG A4|"+"d2"+"A2"+"D2 A2|F3D +slide+F-E D2||
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X:10
T:Bonaparte's Retreat
N:From the playing of fiddler Earl Collins (1911-1975, Oklahoma and
N:southern California, whose musical family had roots in Missouri).
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:DDadtuning (fiddle)
Q:"Moderate"
D:Library of Congress, AFS 14458, Earl Collins, 1970 (Dave Ricker Collection)
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/bonapartes-retreat-14
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="10."
[V:1] "*"A2B2|c-d-d2 de fe| d4-dABc| d2 (B/c/B) A2 F2 (E/F/E|D2) A2B2c2|
c-d-d2 de fe| d4-dABc| d4 |=f2-^f2 d4|ABAF EF D2||
|:"**"F4- FEDF|A2F2 (E/F/E) DF|E4- EDEF|G2 F2 (E/F/E) D2|
F4- FEDF|A2F2 (E/F/E) DF|E2G2F2E2|1D8:|2D4||
P:Subsitutions
"*"A2B2|c-d-d2 d4|d4- dABc||"**".Fz.Fz .Fz.F.z|.Az.Fz (E/F/E) DF|.Ez.Ez .Ez.Ez |.Gz.Fz (E/F/E)|
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X:11
T:Bonaparte's Retreat [1]
D:Aly Bain/Phil Cunningham, The Ruby
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="11."
[V:1] F2 F/E/F/G/ | AF ED | E2 E/D/E/F/ | GF ED |
F2 F/E/F/G/ | AF ED | EF/G/ FE | D4- | D4 :|
d2 f>e | d/e/d/B/ AB/c/ | d>B AF | ED F>E | D4- | D4 :|
F2 F/E/F/G/ | AF ED | E2 E/D/E/F/ | GF ED |
F2 F/E/F/G/ | AF ED | EF/G/ FE | D4- | D4 :|
d2 f>e | d/e/d/B/ AB/c/ | d>B AF|\
M:1/4
ED|
M:2/4
B4- | B4 | d2 f>e | d/e/d/B/ AB/c/ | d>B AF | ED F>E | D4- | D4 :||
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