Bonaparte's March (2)

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Theme code Index	1115L 2225L
Also known as	Bonaparte's Grand March, Buonoparte's March, Buonoparte's Grand March, Hanoverian March (The), Napoleon, Napoleon's Grand March
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Ireland
Genre/Style	English, Irish
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABBC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Richard Carlin
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Master Collection of Dance Music for the Violin
Tune and/or Page number	No. 298, p. 167
Year of publication/Date of MS	1984
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BONAPARTE'S MARCH [2]. AKA and see "Bonaparte's Grand March," "Buonaparte's March," "Hanoverian March," "Napoleon," "Napoleon's Grand March." Irish, English; March (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC. No resemblance to version #1. As "Napoleon('s March)" it was played in an 1884 Melbourne, Australia, concert given by Irish uilleann piper John Coughlin, records Francis O'Neill (1913). See note for "Buonaparte's March" for discussion.

Printed source: Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 298, p. 167.

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T:Buonaparte's Grand March
M:C
L:1/8
R:March
N:The front page of the publication indicates the volume was compiled by Elias Howe
N:and arrenged by "Messers. A.P. Knight and H. Seipp, of the Boston Brigade Band". 
B:Elias Howe - "First Part of the Musician's Companion" (Boston, 1842, pp. 20-21). 
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
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X:2
T:Bonaparte's Grand March 
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Sergt. James O'Neill
B:O'Neill - Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody No. 59
R:March
K:D
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