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| Theme code Index
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1121 3354
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| Composer/Core Source
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Thomas Nixon Jr.
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| Region
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United States
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| Genre/Style
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Military
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| Meter/Rhythm
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March/Marche
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| Key/Tonic of
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G
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| Accidental
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1 sharp
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| Mode
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Ionian (Major)
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| Time signature
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2/4
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| History
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USA(Mid Atlantic), USA(New England)
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| Structure
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AABB
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| Editor/Compiler
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Thomas Nixon Jr.
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| Book/Manuscript title
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Thomas Nixon Jr. music copybook
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| Tune and/or Page number
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p. 12
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| Year of publication/Date of MS
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c. 1776-78
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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
