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Annotation:Bonaparte's March (1)
X:1 T:Bonaparte's March [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:March S:William Litten's music manuscript book (1800-1802) K:D D2 FA|DD/D/ D2|d/e/f/g/ ab|a2 gf|d/e/f/g/ ab|ee/e/ ez|f2 e/d/e/f/| dd/d/ d2|a2 g/f/g/a/|ff/f/f f2|a2 fg/b/|af/a/ g/f/e/d/|aa/a/ a2:| |:bc'd'b|aa/a/ a2|g2 a/b/a/g/|ff/f/ f2|f2 g/f/e/a/|df/d/ a2| f2 g/f/e/a/|df/d/ ag|f/e/f/g/ a>g|f/e/f/g/ a>g|f/e/f/g/ aA|dd/d/ d2:||
BONAPARTE'S MARCH [1]. English, March. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. William Litten's collection was made at sea during the years 1800-1802. Litten was apparently a ship's fiddler for a British vessel of the East India Fleet, although his nationality is not known. His manuscript collection ended up on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where it had been brought by a seaman named Allan Coffin, of Edgartown, who may have been a shipmate of Litten's.
