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A New Collection of Waltzes Opera Dances Strathspeys & Reels
by Stratton, Alexander



Full title: A New Collection of Waltzes Opera Dances Strathspeys & Reels, Arranged for the Piano Forte Violin & German Flute dedicated to Miss Bathia Robinson by Alexander Stratton

Publisher: Edinburgh

Printer: Printed for the Publisher

Date: [1800-1810]

Description:

The book begins with 17 pages of waltzes, followed by a few reels and strathspeys before a more varied selection of dances, including a Polonaise and a 'Spanish Bollero'. Undated, and no watermark.

Notes:

The reels and strathspeys have simple four-beat basslines, some with dyads and chords. The later dances are more pianistic.

Gore: S15

Biographical info: The titlepage informs us that Stratton was a Banff schoolteacher.

Location(s):

GB-A
Aberdeen University Library
GB-Bu
Birmingham University Library
GB-Cu
Cambridge University Library
GB-DRu
University Library, Durham
GB-DUcl
Dundee Central Library (Wighton Collection)
GB-En
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
GB-Ep
Edinburgh City Library
GB-Eu
Edinburgh University Library
GB-Gm
Mitchell Library, Glasgow
GB-Grc
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
GB-Gu
University of Glasgow Library
GB-Lam
Royal Academy of Music, London
GB-Lbl
British Library, London
GB-Lcm
Royal College of Music, London
GB-Lcs
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, Cecil Sharp House, London
GB-Mp
Manchester Public Library
GB-Mr
Manchester University Library
GB-NTu
Newcastle University Library
GB-Ob
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
GB-P
A K Bell Library, Perth
GB-SA
Saint Andrews University Library
GB-SHE
Sheffield University Library
IRL-Dn
National Library of Ireland, Dublin
IRL-Dtc
Trinity College Dublin

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GB-En MH.e.373
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