Dale's Selection of the most favorite Country Dances and Reels
by Dale, Joseph

Full title: Dale's Selection of the most favorite Country Dances and Reels. Alternative title: Dale's Selection of the most favorite country dances, reels &c. with their proper figures, for the harp, harpsichord & violin / Selection of the most favorite country dances, reels &c. with their proper figures, for the harp, harpsichord & violin, as performed at the Prince of Wales, Bath, & other Grand Balls, & Assemblies, N.B. This Collection contains every Popular Dance & Reel in Use.

Publisher: London: J. Dale

Date: [1800?]

Description:

Appears to be same publication as Preston's Selection of the Most Favourite Country Dances, Reels &c. London c.1791 [page numbers don't match, but content is similar]

Notes:

Some Scottish material, including Mackintosh's 'Miss Campbell's Reel' taken directly from Airs Minuets Gavotts and Reels, unattributed.
The basslines have variety, but the Scottish tunes tend to have four-beat repetitive basses.

RISM: D785

Gore: P10

Link: IMSLP, book 1 only

Biographical info: Joseph Dale (c.1750-1821) founded a music publishing business in London c.1778, which in turn passed down to his sons until c.1835. (Baptie; Kidson) He also published Dale's Collection of 60 Favorite Scotch Songs (3 vols. of 60 each, RISM D782). Also a composer, Joseph Dale's Six Sonatas for Harpsichord are online at IMSLP. W.Dale (son?), 'Surry side of Blackfriar's Bridge' described himself as 'successor to R. Parsley' in his New Lyric Repository of 1792.

Location(s):

GB-DRu Fleming SF.174(d-i) (vols. 1-6)
GB-DRu Fleming SF.403(b-c) (vols. 16-17)
GB-DRu Fleming SF.481(j-k) (vols. 4-5)
GB-Gm M8760-1 / 786.45 (includes book 2)
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GB-Ob

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