Preston's Selection of the most favourite Country-Dances, Reels, &c
by Preston, John and Thomas
Full title: Preston's Selection of the most favourite Country-Dances, Reels, &c. with their Proper Figures for the Harp, Harpsichord or Violin; as performed at Court, Bath, and all Grand Assemblies.
Publisher: London
Printer: Preston & Son
Date: [1800?]
Description:
Scottish tunes were also included in Preston's 1785 cello tutor.
Notes:
A mix of bassline styles: lots of Alberti, Murkys, and oscillating dyads. The most obviously Scottish tunes have four-beat basslines (except for one): 'Countess of Sutherland's Reel' has a mostly 4-beat bassline with dyads and some development (and a typo).
Gore: P10
Biographical info: Father and son, John and Thomas Preston, traded as London publishers c.1789-98, first at 97, The Strand, and subsequently other London addresses. They bought Bremner's plates in 1789, and Thomas later bought plates of Skillern the elder, H. Wright, & Wilkinson and Co.
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