Morgan's Rattler is from an old fife tunebook, spiral-bound of limited production, now, unfortunately packed away as i put my things in storage for about a year while i contemplate exactly where to live in my new location. A long-winded way of saying that i can't remember the exact title and can't get to it for awhile. I have not encountered many "rattlers", which seem to be a variety of 2/4 quickstep, but they do seem to be a distinct American form (you're probably right about the date--though i do think that Morgan may have been composing c. WWI), and some may be in "Riley's Flute Melodies". Sorry about guessing about this stuff from my leaky memory, but, again, the references aren't accessable. PS. Interesting that you should reply on the message board as i wrote to you "privately". Either format is fine. Thanks for your reply. CliffA
--- Jack Campin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess these are mostly Amercan tunes, but how do you feel about > > "rattlers"--which are sometimes noted as retreats? "Morgan's > Rattler" > > also seems to be kind of speedy, but maybe i'm playing it wrong. > > "Morgan Rattler" is from the 1780s, well before the retreat march > was > invented. I had no idea it was a genre: there is a fragmentary > verse > from C.K. Sharpe's manuscripts with the punchline "I lathered her > up > with my Morgan Rattler", which kinda suggests he didn't have > 3-wheelers > in mind either. > > Where do you find these "rattler" tunes? > > =================== <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> > =================== > > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
