A Collection of Strathspey Reels & Country Dances
by Petrie, Robert
Full title: A Collection of Strathspey Reels & Country Dances &c. With a Bass for the Violoncello or Harpsichord humbly Dedicated to Mrs Farquharson of Monaltrie by Robert Petrie at Kirkmichael Perthshire.
Publisher: Edinburgh
Printer: Neil Stewart
Seller: Neil Stewart, 37 South Bridge Street Price 4/
Edition: [1st]
Date: 1790
Notes:
Book 1 opens with 'Mrs Farquaharson of Monaltrie's Delight' by Robert Mackintosh, lacking its last two variations and violin accompaniment: these were probably added later by Mackintosh, as the final variations are very pianistic.
There are also several tunes with attributions 'by R Mackintosh.' 'Capt Patrick McKenzie's Strathspey' is given in scordatura.
There are many four beat basslines of different types, and also some printed with small notes for piano and large notes for cello.
Pages: 22 p
Orientation: Portrait
Dimensions: 33.5 x 24
RISM: P1597 P1598
Gore: P5
Link: transcriptions by HMT of four Petrie volumes, without basslines
Biographical info: Petrie (1767-1830) was a fiddler and composer from Kirkmichael; he worked as gardener for the Garden family of Troup, and was in demand at balls and weddings. (Alburger, 117; Glen 1, xiii)
- 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
DUcl 10509
GB-En Glen 295
GB-Gu Ca.11-y.23 (reprint by Andrew Rochead, 14 Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1809, dated by J Murdoch Henderson from watermark)
- A Collection of Strathspey Reels & Country Dances [A K Bell Library, Perth (GB-P), Be1]