The Introduction to the book makes it quite clear that it's a selection, not a complete collection of Gow's work.
Regards, Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Olson > Sent: 09 October 2002 19:54 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [scots-l] Tunebook list > > > Carla and Bob Rogers wrote: > > > >.............. > > There was a seemingly aborted discussion about two days ago regarding > > "The Gow Collection of Scottish Dance Music" -- Allegation "The music > > has little to do with the Gows". Rebuttal: "The forward claims the tunes > > are largely unedited from the originals". I am very curious about this, > >.............. > > > Richard Carlin's 'The Gow Collection of Scottish Dance Music' is > missing all tunes of the 2nd and 6th books of Strathspey Reels, > and the 1st book of the Complete Repository. There are at least 3 > tunes missing from the 1st book of Strathspey Reels, and 9 from > the 4th book. That's as far as I've looked. > > Bruce Olson > > Roots of Folk: Old British Isles popular and folk songs, tunes, > broadside ballads at my website <A > href="http://www.erols.com/olsonw";> Click </a> > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List > - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
