JGBaroque says
This is an arrangement I made of the British fife and drum march "General Wolfe's March", as found in the "Compleat Tutor for the Fife", published by Thompson & Son in about 1759/1760. The drums as well as the fife parts in the reprise are of my own imagination, as only the melody appears in Thompson's tunebook.
The image is Benjamin West's painting of "The Death of General Wolfe" from 1770, which depicts Major-General James Wolfe dying after being wounded by gunshots three times at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham against the French in 1759. Despite this the British won the battle, and they were already chasing the retreating French troops as Wolfe drew his last breath.
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