Annotation:Gorhofedd Gwyr Harlech

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GORHOFFEDD GWYR HARLECH (The March of the Men of Harlech). AKA and see "Nixon Number Two." Welsh, March (4/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A famous Welsh tune which first appeared in print in Edward Jones' Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, 2nd Ed., 1794.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole's Pocket Companion for the Flute, 18--; No. 5, p. 4. Wier, 1918; p. 314.

Recorded sources: SAIN SCD 2382, Nansi Richards - "Brenhines y Delyn/Queen of the Welsh Harp" (2003. Originally recordings from 1947-1972).




Tune properties and standard notation