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X:1
T:Quick Step in the Battle of Prague
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:March
B:Aird – Sixth and Last Volume of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1803, No. 155, p. 62)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
a>g ff|f>e dd|edec|d/e/f/e/ d/e/f/g/|
a>g ff|fe dd| ed ec|d2!fermata!d2:|
|:e2f2|{a}gg/f/ fg|f2 g2|{b}aa/g/ fa|
ag gf|ag gf|ab/a/ gf|f2 e2!D.C.!:|]
QUICK STEP FROM THE BATTLE OF PRAGUE. AKA - "Battle of Prague (3)," "Quick March from the Battle of Prague." AKA and see "Turk's March (3)." English, March (2/4 time). D Major (Aird, Barber, Howe): C Major (Manson, Robinson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Aird (Sixth and Last Volume of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), 1803; No. 155, p. 62. Barber (Nick Barber's English Choice), 2002; No, 60 p. 29 (as "Battle of Prague"). Elias Howe (First Part of the Musician's Companion), Boston, 1842; p. 12. Elias Howe (Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 603 (appears as "Turkish March"). Manson (Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 1), 1854; p. 124. A. Robinson Jr. (Massachusetts collection of martial musick: containing a plain, easy and concise introduction to the grounds of martial musick), Exeter N.H., 1820; pp. 52-53.
Recorded sources : - DMPCD 0204, Nick & Mary Barber with Huw Jones - "Lovely Nancy" (2002).
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