Owl Creek

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 Theme code Index    1H2H1H2 1562H
 Also known as    American Dwarf (The), Frost is All Over (1) (The), Frost is All Gone (The), Owl Creek Quickstep, Praties in the Bag, Masque (The), Pratties are Dug and the Frost is all over (The)
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Dan Emmett
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Military
 Meter/Rhythm    March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
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 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:George B. Bruce & Dan Emmett
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Bruce & Emmett's Drummers' and Fifers' Guide
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 Year of publication/Date of MS    1862
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Owl Creek B:Bruce & Emmett M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:1/8=300 K:D |: (3A/B/c/|def edB|{ABc}d2 F E2 F|DFA {B}A^GA|B<e^d e=dB| {ABc}def edB|{ABc}d2 F E2 F|DFA {B}A^GA|B<ec d2 :| |: e|fdf afd|gfg bag|fdf afd|cde e2 A| fdf afd|gfg bag|faf ede|fdd d2 :|]


X:1 T:Charlie King's N:A version of “Owl Creek” AKA “Frost is All Over (1) (The).” M:6/8 L:1/8 N:From an August 24, 1966, field recording of the playing of Fidel N:Martin (1891-1976) of Berlin N.H., originally from Rogersville, NB, recorded N:by folklorist Art Rosenbaum. Martin, a WWI veteran, had a repertory that N:consisted of Acadian, Irish, American and French-Canadian tunes. D:https://bmac.libs.uga.edu/index.php/Detail/objects/331506 F:UGA Brown Media Archives: identifier artrosen_0056 (Track 20 -02:02 of the tape) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D |:B-|Adf e2e|AFD EFD|D-FA (B/c/B)A|B>ee e2A| def e2d|AFD EFD|D-FA (B/4c/4B/)AF|Add d2:|| e|fdf afd|g>dg bag|fdf a-ff|{fg}fee e2g| fdf afd|gdg bag|fdf {g}fec|edd d2:|