Prince Rupert's March

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 Theme code Index    15L12 3b3b3b3b
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    ENGLAND(London and South East)
 Structure    ABB
 Editor/Compiler    John Playford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The English Dancing Master
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1651
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   ()   


Tune annotations



X:1
T:Prince Rupert's March
M:2/2
L:1/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes   (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
(C2| A2) (E2 A2B2 | c3d c2) (c2 | B2A2) (A2^G2 | A6) (C2 | 
A2) (E2 A2B2 | c3d c2) (c2 | B2A2) (A2^G2 | A6) || 
|: (B2 | B3 A Bc d2) | (G3A G2) (G2 | c2) c2 (dede | c6) (c2 | 
B3A Bc d2) |(G3 A G2) (c2 | B2A2) (A2^G2 | A6) :|
X: 1
T: Prince Rupert's March
P: Longways for Eight
%R: march
B: "The Dancing-Master: Containing Directions and Tunes for Dancing" printed by W. Pearson for John Walsh, London ca. 1709
S: 7: DMDfD http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89751228 p.37 "E"
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Both strains should probably be repeated.
N: The dance is in 3 sections, with each section having two columns.  "##" is used to mark the columns.
M: C|
L: 1/4
K: Ddor
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d |\
dA de | f>g ff | ed d^c | d3 |]
[| d | e>d e/f/g | c>d cc |ff g/a/ g/a/ | f3 f | 
f>d e/fg | c>d cf | ed d^c | d3 |]
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