A New Collection of Minuets, Medlies, High-Dances, Marches, Strathspey and other Reels
by Gibb, Alexander
Full title: A New Collection of Minuets, Medlies, High-Dances, Marches, Strathspey and other Reels. With Entertaining Tunes &c. for the Piano-Forte Violin & Violoncello. Dedicated to Miss C. Dalrymple
Publisher: Edinburgh: A. Gibb
Printer: Printed for the Author
Date: [1798]
Description:
This is a collection of Edinburgh dancing repertoire, including four sets of Medley Dances.
'A. GIBB takes this opportunity to inform his Friends, that at desire he makes Steps for New and Old Tunes. Besides public Teaching, he Teaches privately on very moderate terms.'
Notes:
This publication has a variety of basses: the strathspeys and reels generally have single note repetitive basslines.
Gore: G3
Biographical info: Alexander Gibb was a dancing master from Haddington; one of Gibb's advertisements reported 'that he had not been to Paris this year, but that he had as many modern dances, and fashionable reel and country dance steps, as any of his line in the town.' (Glen 2, xvii)
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