Britania

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Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James Gillespie
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Gillespie Manuscript of Perth
Tune and/or Page number	p. 31
Year of publication/Date of MS	1768
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BRITANNIA. AKA - "Brittannia." Scottish, March (?). C Major (Gillespie): D Major (Bremner). Standard tuning (fiddle). The melody appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768), compiled by James Gillespie, and in Robert Bremner's Collection of Airs and Marches (London, 1761, p. 89). In the beginning of the 19th century it was published by Preston in Marches, Airs & Minuets (London, 1804).

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