Annotation:Post Horn Galop

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POST HORN GALOP. Scottish, Galop (2/4 time). G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. It was customary for the mail stage-coach to sound a trumpet or horn just prior to their arrival at a way-station, to announce the mail.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3), c. 1880's; No. 445, p. 51.

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