X:1
T:Winter Hill Retreat
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Retreat march
S:Thomas Nixon music manuscript collection, c. 1778 (p. 27)
N:Nixon (1762-1842) was a fifer in the American War of Independence,
N:from the age of 13. He lived in Framingham, Connecticut.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
ABc dfd|cde d3|cde d3|BAG FED|FAB cd2:|
|:def gfe|g3 fdB|Bcd d3|g2d cBA|
ABc dfd|cde d3|BAG FED|FAB c d2:|
WINTER HILL RETREAT. American, Retreat March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Winter Hill Retreat" is a retreat melody, at one time played to signal the end of the day's formal military activities at camp. It was entered into the c. 1776-1778 music manuscript collection in the possession of a young fifer named Thomas Nixon. For more information see note for "Winter Hill Troop."
