Bonaparte's Retreat (4)

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Theme code Index	AAB
Also known as	Brisead Bonapart
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Set Dance
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 1789, p. 335
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
Artist	Biography:Chieftains (The)
Title of recording	Bonaparte's Retreat
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Island ILPS9432
Year recorded	1976
Media
Score ()

BONAPARTE'S RETREAT [4] (Brisead Bonapart). Irish, Set Dance. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB (O'Neill/Krassen). Francis O'Neill concludes that the tune was widely known in Munster but not outside the province, from the contact he had with Irish musicians in Chicago. However, it appears that his Irish Music Club was primarily made up of musicians from the south of Ireland, and that he had relatively few contacts with musicians from other regions. Source for notated version: "Hartnett" [O'Neill], referring perhaps to Sergeant Michael Hartnett of the Chicago police, an Irish dancer.

Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 221. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 86. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1789, p. 335. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No. 980, p. 168 (the tune is mistakenly printed a step lower {placing it in an unplayable D Major}).

Recorded source: Island ILPS9432, The Chieftains - "Bonaparte's Retreat" (1976).

X:1
T:Bonaparte's Retreat [4]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Set Dance
S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 980
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Dmix
DC|A,DDE FEDC|DEGA c3d|edcB cABG|AGFE FDEC|
A,DDE FEDC|DEGA cBcd|edcA GECD|E2D2D2:|
|:AB|cBcB cdcA|dcde dfed|cBcd cABG|AGFE FDEC|
cBcB cdcA|dcde defg|afge fdec|Adce d2 de|fefg fedf|ecef edcA|
dfed cABG|AGFE FDEC|A,DDE FEDC|DEGA c3d|edcB cABG|
AGFE FDEC|A,DDE FEDC|DEGA cBcd|edcA GECD|E2D2D2:||