>> Is this the dance "The King of Sweden"? I have it in a pamphlet "Four >> Step Dances collected in Aberdeenshire for the Royal Scottish Country >> Dance Society", ed. Isobel Cramb, music arr. Nan Main & Iain Robertson >> (Paterson's Publications, 1953). > Jack, out of curiosity, what are the other 3 dances in this pamphlet?
>From Frederick Hill's Book of Quadrilles and Country Dances, Aberdeen 1841: The King of Sweden The Earl of Erroll Scotch Measure >From Miss Flora Cruickshank of Peterhead (transmitted through her family): Flora Macdonald's Fancy The editors think "The King of Sweden" and "The Earl of Erroll" date from the 1760s (their reasoning seems fairly sound here), "Scotch Measure" from a bit later, and (on what seems to me to be rather tenuous evidence) "Flora Macdonald's Fancy" from Flora Macdonald's lifetime. "Charles the Twelfth King of Sweden" is one long 8x16 tune; they play fast and loose with tune selection for the others in the typically exasperating RSCDS style. Pass this on to the Strathspey list if you like (but not with my email address if they have a public archive or might ever have one). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Campin * 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland tel 0131 660 4760 * fax 0870 055 4975 * http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ food intolerance data & recipes, freeware Mac logic fonts, and Scottish music Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
