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Tippecanoe Ancient
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		The love of fife and drum music drives some to extreme lengths such as a performance during a torrential downpour at the Deep River Ancient Muster in 1984.


		The Music

	Like their uniforms, the music played by the Tippecanoe Corps reflects the heritage of the colonial French in America. The Corps' library of French music began with a collection of authentic 18th-century military tunes contributed by M. Jacques Kosciusko Morizet, former French Ambassador to the United States. Over the years that library has grown thanks to additions from the Military and Maritime Museum in Montreal, the Musee de l'Armee in Paris, and from John C. Moon at the Williamsburg Foundation.


	Not limiting itself to French music, however, the Corps also includes in its repertoire traditional American, British, and Irish music from the 17-19th centuries.


	The Tippecanoe Ancients' love of music extends well beyond fifing and drumming. Here, members perform traditional music with friends from other reenactment units.


	Les Compagnies Franches de la Marine recreated in 1969 on the banks of the Wabash by The Tippecanoe Ancient Fife & Drum Corps


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	Copyright ©1988, ©1997, ©1998, Denise Wilson, Deidre Duncan, Malcolm Duncan, and The Tippecanoe Ancient Fife and Drum Corps