Fifer's Fancy (The)

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 Theme code Index    1121 3354
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Thomas Nixon Jr.
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Military
 Meter/Rhythm    March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    USA(Mid Atlantic), USA(New England)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Thomas Nixon Jr.
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Thomas Nixon Jr. music copybook
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 12
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1776-78
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 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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Fifer's Fancy (The): Annotations


X:1
T:Fifer's Fancy, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Thomas Nixon Jr./Joseph Long music copybook (c. 1776- 1778, p. 22)
N:Nixon (1762-1842) was a 13 yr. old from Framingham, Ct., who accompanied his father 
N:to the opening conflicts of the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord, 
N:and who served as a fifer in the army until 1780.
K:G
GG GA|BA/G/ AD|BB Bc|dc/B/ cA|
Bd GB|AG/F/ G2|dc/B/ ed/c/ |BA G2:|
|:dc Bd|GFGA|GD dc|Bd Ad/e/|d4|
e/g/f/e/ dc/B/|A2 BA|GFED|dc/B/ ed/c/|BA G2:|]

Fifer's Fancy (The): Annotations