Annotation:Battle of Trafalgar
X:1 T:Battle of Traflagar, The M:6/8 L:1/8 B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks or the provenance of his N:ms. but it is probable he was from England. N:His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had possibly N:been in the possession of his descendants. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D V:1 d|dfe dcB|A2F D2E|FGF FED|EFE E2d| dfe dcB|A2F D2E|FGF EDE|D2D D2:| |:f|g2e f2d|dcd ecA|g2e f2d|dcd e2f| g2e f2d|dce ecA|ABA Bcd|D2C D2:| V:2 clef = bass z|D,F,A, D,G,B,|D,F,A, D,F,A,|D,F,A, D,F,A,|A,,E,G, A,,E,G,| D,F,A, D,G,B,|D,F,A, D,F,A,|D,F,A, A,,C,G,|D,F,A, F,2:| |:E,|C,E,G, D,F,A,|D,G,B, C,G,C|C,E,A, D,F,B,|D,E,G, C,E,A,| C,E,A,D,F,B,|B,,E,A, C,E,B,|C,C,C, D,E,F,|[F,2A,2][F,A,][F,2A,2]:|
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, THE. English, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The naval battle of Trafalgar was fought in October, 1805, off Trafalgar Cape, Spain, by the allied French and Spanish forces against the ultimately victorious English under Lord Nelson. Nelson was killed in the fight, but was enshrined as one of England's greatest heroes. It was the last great engagement of fleets of sailing ships, and established the dominance of the English Navy for 100 years.
Gibbons originally set the tune in the key of 'G' major in his ms. The tune also appears in the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burks, dated 1821, set in the key of 'D'.
