Musketer March (Fife and Drum, Sheet Music)

Published 2024-06-28

The "Musketer March" is a Danish march from the year 1784, which was used by the Danish Army during its wars with both Sweden and Britain in the Napoleonic Era.

This just has the sheet music (made with MuseScore) running along the bottom, and some images related to Danish history relevant to the Napoleonic era.

I created the sheet music using an audio transcription from "Kong Frederik IVs Tambourafdeling af 1704"

I used MuseScore to also render the audio, using the MuseSounds Piccolo and the MuseSounds Field Drum. This still uses a B-flat fife, so that means it will really be sounding in E-flat major.

The Danish historical images, in order, are as follows:
- A depiction of Copenhagen burning during the Bombardment of 1807, where the British shelled the capital city, and captured the entire Dano-Norwegian fleet.
- The Battle of Sehested in 1813, between a Dano-Norwegian army and a combined army made up of parts of the Russo-German Legion, the Hanoverian Army, and small contingents from Britain (in the form of the KGL) and Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Denmark won this.
- The Battle of Bornhöft in 1813, between a Dano-Norwegian army and a Swedish army (the Swedes having left the main allied army after Leipzig to pursue their own interests against Denmark). Denmark also won this (sort-of, it is in dispute).
- The Battle of Prestebakke in 1809, between a Dano-Norwegian force and a Swedish force. Denmark won this (even if it did outnumber the Swedes).
- The Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. As you can expect from something Nelson was in charge of (Parker was being lame), Denmark absolutely lost this.
- A painting called "Danish privateers intercepting an enemy vessel during the Napoleonic Wars." Self-explanatory.
- The Battle of Zealand Point in 1808. Parker (not the lame one from earlier) led the Royal Navy to a total victory against the Danes.
- Another depiction of the Bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807, this time, its more from the British perspective, allowing us to view them sitting about and committing one of the most controversial acts of the wars.