OLD TUNES – RULE BRITANNIA
RULE BRITANNIA. “Smile America.” The music was composed by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne for his masque of Alfred (some sources say the opera was The Judgement o’ Paris),* first performed … Continue reading →
OLD TUNES – ROSLIN CASTLE
The air to Roslin Castle was wrongly attributed to James Oswald. Although it appears in his collection (1752) as Roseland Castle,* it is not marked as his tune.
It had … Continue reading →
OLD TUNES – ROGUES MARCH
Rogue (Webster’s 1913 Dictionary)
n. 1.(Eng. Law) A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
2. A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.
“The Rogue’s March” was … Continue reading →