Annotation:Vulcan's March

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VULCAN'S MARCH. Scottish, March (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Glasgow publisher James Aird notes that the tune was "Composed by the Countess of Balcarris." The march also appears in J. Watlen's A Collection of Celebrated Marches & Quick Steps (London, 1798, p. 3). Aird's "Vulcan’s Forge" is meant to be a companion piece.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 119, p. 47.

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