Annotation:Durham March
X:1 T:Durham March M:C L:1/8 R:March B:A. Robinson Jr. - ”Massachusetts collection of martial musick: containing a B:plain, easy and concise introduction to the grounds of martial musick” B:(Exeter, 1820, pp. 63-64) B: https://archive.org/details/massachusettscol00exet/page/64/mode/2up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G V:1 Bc|d2 g>d d2 g>d|e2 d>d d2 g>f|f>e e>d d>c c>B|A2 D>D D2 B>c| d2 g>d d2 g>d|e2 d>e d2 c>B|A>e d>c B2A2|G2 G>G G2:| |:(3DGB|A2 G>G G2 (3GBd|c2 B>B B2 (3gfe|d2 (3edc B2 (3dcB|A>G A>B A2 (3EGB| A2 G>G G2 (3GBd|c2 B>B B2 (3gfe|d>d (3edc B2A2|G2 G>G G2:| V:2 z2|B2 B>B B2B2|c2 B>B B2 e>d|d>c c>B B>A A>G|F2 D>D D2 G>A| B2 B>B B2B2|c2 B>B B2 A>G|F>G B>A G2F2|G2 G>G G2:| |:z2|F2 z4 (3DGB|A2 G>G G2 (3edc|B2 (3cBA G2 (3BAG|F>E F>G F2 z2| F2 z4 (3DGB|A2 G>G G2 (3edc|B>B (3cBA G2F2|G2 G>G G2:|
DURHAM MARCH. Scottish, March (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The march was first published in Scottish cellist-composer James Oswald's Fifty-Five Marches for Militia (c. 1759). It was a popular martial tune during the American War of Independence and appears in several period musicians' manuscript collections. It was also published in fife tutors and collections of martial music into the early 19th century.
