Annotation:Winter Hill Retreat
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."
