Bonaparte Crossing the Alps

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 Theme code Index    1115L 3b545
 Also known as    Battle of Waterloo, Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (2), Bonaparte Crossing the Rockies, Bonaparte's March (3), Bonaparte's Retreat, Bonaparte's Welcome, Boney Over the Alps, Bony Crossing the Alps, Bonny Crossing the Alps, Bush Hornpipe (The), Diamond (2), Jerry Daly's Hornpipe (1), Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1), Óró Welcome Home, Peter Gray (2), Poor Old Woman (1), Poor Woman (The), tSean-Bhean Bhocht (An), Shan Van Vocht (1) (The)
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 Region    England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, United States
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Dorian
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Samuel Bayard
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Hill Country Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 89
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1944
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X:1 T:Bony Part Crossing the Alps M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Leonard-Kernan MS (1844-c.1850, County Longford) K:Amin AB|c2 Bc AcBA|GEDE GABd| egfa gedB|BAGE G2 AG| EAAG AcBA|GEDE GABd|egfa gedB|A2 AB A2|| a2ab agef|gedB A2f2|gfgf gedB|gedB G2 AB| c2 Bc AcBA| GEDE GABd|egfa gedB|A2 AB A2!D.C.!||


X:55 T:Bonny Crossing The Alps. WI.055 T:Boney Crossing... WI.055 M:C L:1/8 Q:1/2=80 C:"A Hornpipe" B:Wm Irwin, Folio MS, c1850. AGG's Transcription R:.Hornpipe O:England A:Lake District Z:vmp.Chris Partington.2005 K:Gmin dc|BcAB AFDG|FDCD F2Ac|dfeg fdcB|A2F2 F2dc| BcAB AFDG|FDCD F2Ac|dfeg fdcA|G2G2 G2:| |:d^f|gdga gbag|^fdcA F2ce|fcfg facB|A2F2 F2BA| GDGD GBAG|FDCD FGAc|dfeg fdcA|G2G2 G2:|


X:1 T:Bony over the Alps M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:James Goodman music manuscript collection (mid-19th cent., County Cork, p. 68) F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=71&z=532.128%2C797.3307%2C8193.6526%2C4962.963 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Ador ed|c2 BA AcBA|GEGE GABd|egfa gedB|A2 GE G2 ed| c2 BA AcBA|GEGE GABd|egfa gedB|A2 A2A2:| |:g|agab agea|gedB|A3f|gfga gedB|G2G2G2 AG| EAAG AcBA|GEGE GABd|egfa gedB|A2A2A2:|]


X:1 T:Boney over the Alps M:C| L:1/8 R:March B:James Goodman music manuscript collection, vol. 4 (mid-19th century, p. 65) F: http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-four#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=68&z=-914.7487%2C3309.5811%2C8531.7484%2C2628.3289 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie N:Canon James Goodman (1828-1896) was a Church of Ireland clergyman, N:uilleann piper and a collector of Irish music and songs. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Ador ed|c2 BA AcBA|GEGE GABd|egfa gedB|A2 GE G2 ed| c2 BA AcBA|GEGE GABd|egfa gedB|A2A2A2:| |:g|agab agea|gedB A3f|gfga gedB|G2G2G2 AG| EAAG AcBA|GEGE GABd|egfa gedB|A2A2A2:|


X:1 T:Boney Over the Alps M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 45. Carolan ms. 1, No. 128. K:Ador G|cB/c/ A/c/(B/A/)|G/E/D/E/ G/A/B/d/|e/g/f/a/ g/e/d/B/|dG GB/d/| cB/c/ A/c/B/A/|G/E/D/E/ G/A/B/d/|e/g/f/a/ g/e/d/B/|eA A:| |:A|Aa a/g/e/f/|g/e/d/B/ A (3G/B/d/|gf/g/ e/g/f/e/|d/c/B/A/ GA/B/| cB/c/ A/c/B/A/|G/E/D/E/ G/A/B/d/|e/g/f/a/ g/e/d/B/|eA A:| |:G/A/|(B/A/).A/A/ AG/F/|(A/G/).G/G/ GG/A/|(B/A/).A/A/ AB/d/|e/g/f/a/ g/e/d/B/| (B/A/).A/A/ TA2 G/E/|(A/G/).G/G/ (G/A/).B/d/|e/g/f/a/ g/e/d/B/|eA A:|


X:1 T:Boney over the Alps M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 3, c. 1883, No. 71, p. 27) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=26&z=102.5717%2C368.9328%2C2858.2362%2C1075.3574 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Ador AB|c2 Bc AcBA|GEDE G2 Bd|egfa gedB|BAGE G2 AG| EAAG AcBA|GEDE GABd|egfa gedB|A2 AB A2:| |:a2 ab agef|gedB A2f2|gfgf gedB|gedB G2 AB| c2 Bc AcBA|GEDE GABd|egfa gedB|A2 AB A2:|]


X:1 T:Hornpipe—Bonaparte Crossing the Alps M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Stephen Grier manuscript (c.1883, County Leitrim) K:Amin e>d|c2A2 A>cB>A|(G>^FG>A) G>AB>d|e>dc>B (A>cB>G)|E2E2E2 Bd| e>dc>B (A>cB>c)|G>^FG>A G>AB>d|(e>gf>a) e^f|g>fg>a (g.e)d>B| A2A2A2 (e^f)|(g>fg>a) g>^fg>e|d>cB>A G>A(B>G)|E2A2 (A>c)B>A| (G>FG>A) G>AB>d|(e>g^f>a) g


X:1 T:Bonaparte Crossing the Alps T:Napoleon Crossing the Alps L:1/8 M:C| K:Ador cB|A2 AB AGEG|cd (3edc d2 (3e^fg|aged cAGE|G2 (3GGG G2 cB| A2 AB AGEG|cd (3edc d2 (3e^fg|aged cAGE|A2 (3AAA A2:| |:e2|aged cde^f|gega g3e|aged cAGE|G^FGA G2 cB| A2 AB AGEG|cd (3edc d2 (3e^fg|aged cAGE|A2 (3AAA A2:||