Annotation:Russian March (1)
X:1 T:Russian March [1] 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, p. 19). Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d2 d>d f2 d>f|a2 a>a a2z2|a2 f>a bagf|e2 a>a agfe| d2 d>d f2 d>f|a2 a>a a2z2|fage d2c2|d2d>d d2:| |:f2 f>f fedc|B2 B>B Bcd^d|e2 e>e edcB|A2 A>A A2z2| d2d>d f2 d>f|a2 a>a a2z2|fage d2c2|d2 d>d d2:|]
RUSSIAN MARCH [1]. American (?), March (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Samuel Bayard sees structural and melodic similarities with "Governor Jones' March," AKA "Dow Everly (1)" and "Will Rarie Old March (1)," which also appears in Howe’s Musician’s Companion (1842). The tunes, while similar, are not cognate, however.