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.
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