Battle of the Nile (The)

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 Theme code Index    1H1H2H2H 3H3H5H1H
 Also known as    Battle of the Nile March (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Edward Riley
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Riley's Flute Melodies vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 35
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1817
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 Title of recording    
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 Year recorded    
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Battle of the Nile M:C L:1/8 Q:”Moderato” B:William Cahusac – The German Flute Preceptor (c. 1814, p. 16) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D2|G3G A3A|B>AB>c d3B|c2 B>c A2 F>G|AGFE D>EFD|G3G A3A| B>ABc d2 ed|cBAG BAGF|G4 z2 BB|d2BB d3d|edcB c2A2| c2 AA c3c|d>cB>A B>AG D/D/|GGGG A2 AA|B>AB>c d2 DD|GGGG A2 AA| B>AB>c d3B|dBdd edcB|A2 cB A2 DD|G3G A3A|B>AB>c d3G| c2 B>c A2 FG|A>GF>E D>EF>D|G3G A3A|B>AB>c d2 e>d|c>BA>G B>AG>F|G3z2||


X: 1 T:Battle of the Nile.2voices RH.428, The R:march B:Rev.R.Harrison's MS,c1815,Cumbria O:England A:Temple Sowerby,Cumbria Z:vmp.Simon Wilson. Review PJH, 2008. V:1 name="primo" V:2 name="secundo" M:C L:1/8 Q:2/4=80 K:D [V:1] A2|d3d e3e|f>ef>g a2d2|g2f>g e2d>d|e>dc>B A3A| [V:2] z2|F2d2 c2A2|d>cd>e f2d2|Bcd2 AGF>d|c>BA>^G A3A| % [V:1] d3d e3e|f>ef>g a2b>a|gfed fedc|d2d'>d' d'2ff| [V:2] F2d2 c2A2|d>cd>e f2d2|BAGF AGFE|F2f>f f2dd| % [V:1] a2ff a3a|bagf g2e2|g2ee g3g|a>gf>e f>e dA/A/| [V:2] f2dd f3f|gfed e2c2|e2cc e3e|f>ed>c d>A F A/A/| % [V:1] dddd e2ee|f>ef>g a2AA|dddd eeee|f>ef>g a2f2| [V:2] dcBA GdcA|dcde f2AA|dcBA GdcB|d>cd>e f2d2| % [V:1] afaa bagf|e2gf e2AA|d3d e3e|f>ef>ga3e| [V:2] fdff gfed|c2ed c2AA|F2d2 c2A2|d>cd>e f3d| % [V:1] g2f>g e2d2|e>dc>B A>Bc>d|d3d e3e|f>ef>g a2b>a| [V:2] Bcd2 AGFd|c>BA^G A3=G|F2d2 c2A2|d>cd>e f2d2| % [V:1] g>fe>d f>ed>c|d2d'>d' d'2|] [V:2] B>AG>F A>GF>E|Fd f>f f2|]



X:1 T:Battle of the Nile March, The M:C| L:1/8 R:March S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 727) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G {D}G8|{D}A8|{D}BABc d2 GB|c>dB>c A>BG>B|AGFE D>EF>E| {D}G8|{D}A8|B>AB>c d>ef>g|c>BA>G B>AG>F|G2B2G2:| |:Bc|d2 Bc d2 B>d|e>dc>B c2 A>B|c2 A>B c2 B>c|dcBA B2z2| {D}G8|{D}A8|B>AB>c d>ef>g|c>BA>G B>AG>F|G2B2G2:|]


X:1 T:Battle of the Nile M:C| L:1/8 R:March B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 444) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A2|d3A e3A |fefg a2d2|g2f2 e2d2|edcB ABcA| d3A e3A|fefg a2 ba|gfed fedc|d2 d>d d2:| |:fg|a2 f>g a2a2|bagf g2 e>f|g2 e>f g2g2|agfe f2A2| ddcd e2 de|fefg a2A2|ddcd e2 de|fefg a2 fa|bagf gfed| edcB ABcA|d3Ae3A|fefg a2 ba|gfed fedc|d2 d>d d2:|


X: 1 T:Battle of the Nile,The. JGi.103 L:1/8 M:4/4 O:Tealby,Lincolnshire Q:1/4=110 R:air S:Joshua Gibbons MS,1823,Tealby,Lincs. Z:VMP/R.Greig, 2009 %%TBL:{"version":"beta","type":"tune","id":"8384"} F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/mirror/tunebook.org.uk/tunebook.abc K:C G2|c3cd3d|e>de>fg2c2|f2efd2ce|dcBA GABG| c3cd3d|e>de>fg2ag|gedc edcB|c2c>cc2:| |:ef|g2efg2ee|agfef2de|f2def2dd|gfed edcB| Bcccd2dd|e>de>fg2GG|c2ccd2dd|e>de>fg2fe| agfe fedc|dcBA GABG|c3cd3d|e>de>fg2ce|f2e>fd2c>d| ccBA GABG|c3cd3d|edefg2ag|fedc edcB|c2c>cc2:|


X:1 T:Battle of the Nile, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 3, No. 258) N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark, N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim. K:G G2 GB A2 dc|BABc d2G2|c2 Bc A2 GB|AGFE DEFD| G2 GB A2 Ac|BABc d2 ed|cBAG cAGF|G2 GF GABc|| d2 cB d2 gf|edcB BAAB|c2 AB c2 ce|dcBA GABc| d2 cB d2 gf|edcB BAAB|c2 AB c2 ce|dcBA GFED|| G2 GB A3c|BABc d2D2|G2 gB A3c|BABc d2 gf| edcB cBAG|A/B/A/G/ F/G/F/E/ DEFD !D.C.!||