Annotation:Piper's March
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PIPER’S MARCH. AKA and see “Brian Boru's March (1).” Irish, Scottish, Jig or Pipe March (6/8 time). B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. While the tune appears to have an Irish provenance (see "Brian Boru's March (1)"), it has been played as a Highland bagpipe march simply titled "Piper's March" in Scotland for nearly 150 years.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
John & Robert Glen (Glen's Collection for the Great Highland Bagpipe, vol. 3), c. 1870; p. 11.
Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 4), c. 1880’s; No. 247, p. 27.
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